April 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2045 GMT on Sunday. * denotes a new or updated item. * DIYALA PROVINCE - A U.S. soldier died as a result of a combat operation in Iraq's volatile northern Diyala province, the U.S. military said in a statement, without elaborating. ABU GHRAIB - Two houses were blown up in the Abu Ghraib district of west Baghdad, one of which belonged to a leader of the Sunni Arab neighbourhood patrolmen who were instrumental in reducing violence after they turned on al Qaeda. A man was killed and two women wounded, municipal officials said. It was not clear if the target was the "Sahwa" leader's house. MOSUL - Gunmen wounded two Iraqi soldiers in two separate incidences when they hurled hand grenades at their patrols in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. SAMARRA - Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded another four when they opened fire at a moving police car in central Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. FALLUJA - Two bombs which exploded in succession killed a police officer and wounded another eight in central Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a civilian in a bus station in western Mosul, police said. MOSUL - Gunmen shot and wounded a civilian in a drive-by shooting in western Mosul, police said. MOSUL - Two mortar rounds wounded a policeman when they landed on a police station, in southeastern Mosul, police said. MOSUL - Gunmen wounded two civilians and a policeman when they shot at a police checkpoint in central Mosul, police said. MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed a child and wounded a civilian when it exploded in western Mosul, police said. KIRKUK - Gunmen in a moving car shot and wounded a civilian in the south of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said.
Policewoman Bushra Kadhem carries her grand daughter while shopping in a market in Baghdad March 30, 2009. Kadhem, 41, became one of Iraq's first policewomen in 2005, joining at a time ...
