March 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2200 GMT on Wednesday. * denotes new or updated item. * NASSIRIYA - Three U.S. soldiers were killed in an indirect fire attack near Nassiriya, 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday, the U.S. military said. Another two soldiers and a civilian were wounded. The term indirect fire is often used to describe rocket or mortar attacks. * BAGHDAD - Five suspects linked to a suicide bomb attack which killed five U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in central Baghdad on Monday were captured on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. NEAR KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting a local council member near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, wounded two of his bodyguards, police said. BAGHDAD - A mass grave containing 10 bodies, including men, women and children was found on Saturday near Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the Defence Ministry said. The U.S. military had said that initial reports suggested there were some 100 bodies. BAGHDAD - Three mortar rounds landed in Baghdad's Green Zone, but details of casualties were not available, police said. BASRA - Gunmen shot and killed a former official of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. BASRA - A senior figure in Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Basra office, Saed al-Haidery, was shot dead in northern Basra, police and Sadrist officials said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people in Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds wounded three people in Shaab district in northern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded 10 in Ameen district in southeastern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - The bodies of five people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. NEAR SAMARRA - Three fuel truck drivers were killed when three roadside bombs went off near a convoy of seven fuel trucks on the main road near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Three trucks were set ablaze. NEAR DIWANIYA - One U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb which hit their patrol near Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. MOSUL - Six fuel trucks were set ablaze and three drivers were wounded on Tuesday when a bomb attached to one of the vehicles detonated in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (Baghdad newsroom; Editing by Paul Tait)
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