FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

Reuters - Tuesday, October 7 12:42 pm

* MOSUL - One U.S. soldier and one Iraqi policeman were killed in a shootout overnight on Tuesday in the Hay Domiz neighbourhood of southeastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) - (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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* MOSUL - One U.S. soldier and one Iraqi policeman were killed in a shootout overnight on Tuesday in the Hay Domiz neighbourhood of southeastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraqi police and the U.S. military said. One gunmen was also reported killed and four others were arrested. Another police officer was also wounded.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured five suspected insurgents early on Tuesday in Kut, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad. Another suspected insurgent was captured in eastern Baghdad on Monday. In other operations, U.S. forces captured 16 suspected insurgents across Iraq on Monday and Tuesday.

NEAR KUT - The bodies of two unidentified people were discovered with gunshot wounds in a rural area near Kut, hospital sources said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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