April 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Monday. * TIKRIT - Two U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin province, the U.S. military said. Two other U.S. soldiers, two Iraqi security volunteers and a civilian translator were wounded. * BASRA - A local councillor in a town near the southern city of Basra was assassinated in front of his home by unknown gunmen, police said. * MOSUL - A roadside bomb struck a police car in the northern part of the northern city of Mosul, wounding two policemen, police said. * BASRA - Iraqi forces arrested a gang responsible for kiddnapping and killing doctors, clerics and women in Basra, said Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul-Karim Khalaf. * MUSAYYIB - A U.S. drone aircraft crashed near Musayyib, south of Baghdad, and was recovered, the U.S. military said. * BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found around the capital on Monday. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed three militants on Monday morning who had shot a rocket-propelled grenade at their patrol in New Baghdad in the southeast part of the capital, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. drone aircraft fired a Hellfire missile at three heavily-armed militants in Sadr City, east Baghdad, on Sunday night, killing all of them, the U.S. military said. SOUTHERN IRAQ - The Iraqi Defence Ministry said Iraqi forces killed 30 militants in southern Iraq over the past 24 hours. BAGHDAD - Militants fired a rocket on Sunday that landed in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding eight, the U.S. military said. Also in Kadhimiya, an improvised explosive device detonated in front of a U.S. patrol, killing one civilian and wounding three, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - In two separate incidents on Sunday, U.S. drone aircraft fired Hellfire missiles at people transporting rocket materials in Sadr City, killing four, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers killed a militant and wounded two in Sadr City on Sunday after their observation post was fired upon, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - The two hospitals in Sadr City said on Monday they had received 14 dead and 55 wounded since Sunday morning. BAQUBA - A woman wearing a suicide-vest attacked the headquarters of a neighbourhood security unit in eastern Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, killing four and wounding five, police said. BAGHDAD - The bodies of six people were found on Sunday in different districts of Baghdad, police said. KIRKUK - A policeman was killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Kirkuk, police said. BAGHDAD - Three local council members, including a woman, were seriously wounded in different incidents when bombs were attached to their cars in different areas of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Three policemen were killed and four civilians wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol on Sunday in the New Baghdad district, police said. SULAIMAN PEK - Gunmen killed a police captain near his house on Sunday in the town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Aseel Kami; editing by Noah Barkin and Peter Graff)
United Nations special representative in Iraq Staffan de Mistura speaks during an interview with Reuters at the U.N. office in Baghdad April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ) ...
