Jan 01 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1215 GMT on Thursday. MOSUL - A suicide truck bomber killed three policemen and wounded five civilians on Thursday in southern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty policeman in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, police said. KIRKUK - Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. soldiers, killed three gunmen on Wednesday after clashes in a village southwest of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. KIRKUK - One militant was killed and another was wounded while the men were planting a roadside bomb in southern Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said.
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani speaks during a news conference in Baghdad December 31, 2008. Iraq on Wednesday opened up some of its most prized oil and gas fields to international ...
