FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

FALLUJA - A roadside bomb killed five policemen, including an officer, in Amiriya al-Falluja, south of Falluja city, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded three others Wednesday in eastern Baghdad's Baladiyat district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded ten others Wednesday in southern Baghdad's Jihad district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four civilians on Wednesday in southern Baghdad's Saidiya district, police said.

Mosul - A roadside bomb killed a police colonel when it struck his car Wednesday in the north of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.