April 14 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2030 GMT on Monday. * denotes new or updated items: * BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack on his vehicle in northeastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. TIKRIT - A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier in northern Salahuddin province, the U.S. military said. NEAR MOSUL - 12 members of Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga security force, part of the Iraqi army, were killed and two wounded when a car bomb hit their truck west of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. TAL AFAR - A suicide-bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite funeral in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, killing four civilians and wounding 22, the local mayor said. The U.S. military said the attack had killed 3 and wounded 35. MOSUL - A car bomb detonated in Mosul, killing two civilians and wounding six, police said. BASRA - Iraqi security forces freed a British journalist in the southern city of Basra. Richard Butler, a photographer on assignment for the U.S. network CBS, was seized by gunmen from his hotel room in the centre of the city two months ago. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed six gunmen in a battle in Sadr City, east Baghdad, overnight, the U.S. military said. U.S. forces returned fire from helicopters and tanks after they were attacked by gunmen using rocket-propelled grenades, the statement said. BAGHDAD - A bomb inside a bus killed at least two people and wounded six others near the Technological University in eastern Baghdad, police said. NEAR YUSUFIYA - A roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded another when it hit their patrol near Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. MAHAWEEL - Two bodies were found with gunshot wounds in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb near a U.S. military patrol ignited a major fire at a market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces arrested 42 suspects during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. BAGHDAD - An explosion killed five people and wounded nine others in Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Ten people including six children were wounded in clashes overnight of Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, police said. NEAR KIRKUK - Two bodies were found with gunshot wounds and signs of torture northeast of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. NEAR BAQUBA - Gunmen killed an Independent Electoral Commission worker in a drive-by shooting outside his house east of Baquba, 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. SHIRQAT - Gunmen attacked houses and wounded 17 people including five women early Monday morning in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. RASHAD - A body was found with gunshot wounds and signs of torture on Sunday in the town of Rashad, south of Kirkuk, police said. FALLUJA - A local council member and five members of his family were wounded in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, on Sunday by a bomb in their car, police said. BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Sunday, police said. BASRA - Gunmen killed a policeman in a drive-by shooting on Sunday in central Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Noah Barkin)
Iraq's Foreign Affairs minister Hoshiyar Zebari gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad April 13, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ) ...
