Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 13

Feb 13 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Monday, Feb. 13, as of 1300 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.

*NEAR DUJAIL - A fuel truck was set on fire when gunmen fired a rocket-propelled grenade at it near the town of Dujail, about 60 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Seven Iraqi civilians were killed and 47 others wounded when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up outside a bank in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Ayham al-Samarrai, former minister of electricity during Iyad Allawi's government, escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb went off near his convoy in Baghdad. Al- Samarrai, who is the head of a political party, was unharmed but his three bodyguards were wounded along with a woman who was passing by.

RAMADI - A police colonel and a brigadier were killed on Sunday by gunmen in two different incidents in the volatile city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Gunmen killed four people while they were driving in their car in Baquba, police said. One of those killed worked for the ruling SCIRI, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, one of his relatives said.

ISKANDARIYA - Two policemen were killed and one was wounded on Sunday when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Two policemen were killed and another wounded on Sunday when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATU - A policeman was killed and two others wounded on Sunday when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Tuz Khurmatu, police said.