June 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1330 GMT on Sunday: * denotes new or updated item * BAGHDAD - A blast from an explosively formed penetrator killed one U.S. soldier in northeastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. HIT - A suicide bomber attacked a police checkpoint, killing nine policemen, including the police chief of Hit, Lieutenant-Colonel Khalil Ibrahim al-Jazzaa, police said. Four civilians were also killed. The attack wounded 11 policemen and seven civilians in Hit, 130 km (80 miles) west of Baghdad. BAGHDAD - A car bomb in a parking lot near the Iranian embassy in the Karadat Mariam district in central Baghdad killed two people and wounded five others. KIRKUK - A roadside bomb struck a police patrol, wounding seven policemen in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay)
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad May 31, 2008. Kouchner discussed investment projects to help rebuild Iraq on Saturday on a visit to the ...
