Security incidents in Iraq, Jan. 23

Jan 23 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Monday, Jan. 23 as of 1515 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed when a roadside bomb exploded while he was patrolling on foot in southwest Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

*BAGHDAD - Police said three people were killed -- two policemen and a television sports journalist -- when a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint near the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

*BAGHDAD - Two policemen were killed and three wounded when a car bomb exploded in the southern Dora district of the capital, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi police patrol in central Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - An Iraqi army soldier was killed and one wounded when their patrol was struck by a roadside bomb in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

AD-DAWR - Police said gunmen killed a female employee working for a U.S. army base in the town of Ad-Dawr, 150 km (90 miles) north of the capital.

BAGHDAD - Two civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a joint Iraqi-U.S patrol in southern Baghdad, police said.

TAJI - Two U.S. airmen were killed and one wounded by a roadside bomb on Sunday while escorting a convoy near Taji, the U.S military said.

MAHMUDIYA - An Iraqi civilian was killed and four wounded when a car bomb exploded in Mahmudiya, just south of Baghdad, police said. The target of the explosion was not clear.