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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 27

Nov 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Tuesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

*BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers died of wounds they sustained after an explosion near their vehicle when they were conducting an operation in the northern province of Salahuddin, the U.S. military said. Two other soldiers were wounded in the incident.

*BAGHDAD - Eight corpses were found in different parts of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - A suicide bomber posing as a shepherd killed four policemen and two civilians and wounded 13 others, including six policemen, in an attack on the Diyala province police headquarters in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Three women were killed in random gunfire which broke out after the blast.

MOSUL - The bodies of four people with gunshot wounds were found dumped in the west of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A car bomb wounded four civilians in Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed a gunman who was trying to attack a checkpoint in southern Baghdad's Saidiya district, a Baghdad security spokesman said.

MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers detained two suspected insurgents during a raid on Monday in Mosul, the defence ministry said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. convoy wounded three civilians in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a policeman in a drive-by shooting in the town of Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

RAMADI - The civilian driver of a vehicle was killed when U.S. troops opened fire on his vehicle as it sped towards a checkpoint in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers opened fire on a minibus which failed to stop at a roadblock in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four, the U.S. military said. A police source said the bus was carrying finance ministry employees. Another police source said four people were killed, including three women.

BAIJI - U.S. soldiers killed two men and a child when they opened fire on a vehicle which approached a roadblock at high speed near Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said. The incident happened during raids targeting al Qaeda in which two suspected insurgents were also killed.

TAJI - Iraqi soldiers arrested four suspected insurgents, two of them dressed as a bride and groom, during what they said was a fake wedding procession in Taji, 20 km (9 miles) north of Baghdad, the Defence Ministry said. They did not say when the arrests took place.

TIKRIT - The bodies of four men were found shot near the city of Tikrit, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, a Salahuddin province official said. The men were in police custody but armed tribal members stopped a police convoy on Monday and seized them. (Baghdad newsroom, editing by Alaa Shahine)