May 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Saturday: * denotes new or updated item * BASRA - Gunmen killed an off-duty police officer near his home in Dair neighbourhood in north Basra, 420 km (260 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. * BAGHDAD - Iraqi Forces captured two suspected special groups leaders in an operation in Baghdad last Thursday and detaining seven others, U.S. statement said. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces said they captured a key "special groups" suspect in eastern Baghdad. The suspect is accused of involvement in kidnappings and managing funds for the special groups. BAQUBA - A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded seven others at a market in central Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. BAQUBA - A mortar round killed a woman and wounded three people, including a child, when it landed on a house in a village just east of Baquba, police said. NASSIRIYA - Three rockets wounded two U.S. soldiers when they landed on their base in Nassiriya, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Coalition forces captured two men with suspected ties to al Qaeda in operations on Friday and Saturday, the U.S. military said. (Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary, editing by XXXX)
A protester holds up a framed poster of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Moqtada's late father during a rally after Friday prayers in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad ...
