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JANUARY 27 2009 17:04h

Security Developments In Iraq, Jan 27

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MOSUL - A car bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers, including an army major, and wounded three people, including two soldiers.

Following are security developments in Iraq at 1545 GMT on Tuesday.

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BAGHDAD - Police Major General Ahmed al-Attiya, head of Iraqi customs, escaped unharmed after a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said. Three of his security guards were wounded in the blast.

* MOSUL - A car bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers, including an army major, and wounded three people, including two soldiers, when it targeted an army patrol in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.