May 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1100 GMT on Friday: BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded at a bus station in central Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding three others, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi army convoy in southeastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians, police said. NEAR BAIJI - Gunmen abducted the director-general of the Salahuddin hospital and two colleagues on Thursday at a fake checkpoint near Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed one gunman and wounded another in eastern Baghdad on Thursday when their vehicle came under attack. BAGHDAD - Iraqi police found the bodies of three Iraqis in different areas of Baghdad on Thursday, police said. MAHAWEEL - U.S. and Iraqi security forces detained nine gunmen during a raid on Thursday in Mahaweel town, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. ISKANDARIYA - U.S. forces detained 12 suspects on Thursday in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary, Editing by Dean Yates)
A portrait of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is planted on soil and rock barricade set by Sunni Muslim gunmen to block the main road to Syrian borders in the Masna'a ...