Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 11

Feb 11 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Saturday, Feb. 11, as of 1450 GMT.

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

BASRA - A spokesman for the Iraqi Army was assassinated in central Basra by gunmen, an Iraqi army official said. Captain Makram al-Abbasi was shot in his car on his way to work.

BAQUBA - Gunmen killed two policemen in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles north of Baghdad, police said. The attackers approached their car and shot them in the head.

BALAD - Six civilians were kidnapped by gunmen near Balad, north of Baghdad, police said.

BALAD - A roadside bomb killed a civilian in Balad, police said.

DUJAIL - An army officer was killed by a roadside bomb in Dujail, north of Baghdad, police said.