Feb 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Sunday. * denotes new or updated item * BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire in southern Baghdad, the military said. A roadside bomb killed another soldier in northern Baghdad, the military added. ISKANDARIYA - A suicide bomber targeting a group of pilgrims heading to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest festivals killed 40 people and wounded 60 in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed three suspected al Qaeda gunmen and detained 25 others on Saturday and Sunday during operations in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 45 others wounded after pilgrims heading to the Shi'ite festival were struck by a roadside bomb and small arms fire in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different districts across Baghdad on Saturday, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded five people in the Hurriya district, northwestern Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - One child was killed in crossfire between U.S. forces and suspected al Qaeda gunmen on Saturday in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, said Brigadier-General Khalid Abdul-Sattar, an Iraqi military spokesman. MOSUL - Gunmen killed one man and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Saturday in eastern Mosul, Brigadier-General Abdul-Sattar said. HAWIJA - One civilian was killed and nine members of a U.S.- backed neighbourhood police unit were wounded when a car bomb aimed at their patrol exploded in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed a suspected al Qaeda militant and detained four others on Saturday and Sunday during operations in central Iraq, the U.S. military said.
Supporters of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) shout and wave a party flag during a demonstration against the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party in Istanbul February 24, 2008. Turkey began sending thousands ...
