April 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Tuesday. * denotes new or updated item * SHIRQAT - Gunmen killed six members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood police patrol at a checkpoint in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A suicide car bomber killed one patrol member in an attack on another checkpoint. * MAHAWEEL - Police killed one gunman in clashes on Monday in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - Two bodies were found on Monday in different districts in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - Gunmen killed a man in a drive-by shooting on Monday in eastern Mosul, police said. MOSUL - One mortar bomb landed in eastern Mosul on Monday, killing one person, police said. BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found dumped in different districts across Baghdad on Monday, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four people, including two policemen, in Karrada district in central Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Ross Colvin)
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a protest in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad March 29, 2008. About 200 demonstrators held a ...
