Aug 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2015 GMT on Monday. * denotes new or updated items * RAMADI - A suicide car bomber killed five policemen and wounded seven in an attack on a police checkpoint in Ramadi, capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, police said. * BAGHDAD - Two journalists for the Afaq satelite television channel and their driver were wounded by a grenade thrown at their car in Baghdad's central Allawi district on Sunday, the Iraq Media Safety Group said in a statement. NEAR ABUL KHASIB - Gunmen killed two people working for Iraq's electoral commission and wounded another person in a drive-by shooting near the town of Abul Khasib, some 460 km (285 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Three police officers and a civilian were wounded in roadside bomb that exploded in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces killed three militants and arrested 33 others during last the 24 hours in different areas in Iraq, Defence Ministry said in a statement. MOSUL - A roadside bomb wounded three prison guards in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people, including three policemen, when it exploded in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded nine people, including three policemen, when it exploded near a U.S. military patrol in the Yarmouk district of western Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a Shi'ite cleric and wounded his wife when they opened fire on the couple's car in Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 11 militants on Sunday and Monday during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. MOSUL - Gunmen killed a religious leader on Sunday outside a mosque in central Mosul, police said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay; editing by Missy Ryan)
A Shi'ite pilgrim lights a candle during a religious rite to mark the birth of Imam al-Mehdi in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, August 16, 2008. Hundreds of ...
