Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 16

Feb 16 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Thursday, Feb. 16, as of 1100 GMT.

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

BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and two policemen and a civilian were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Six civilians were killed and 13 others wounded when a car bomb went off near a crowded market in the Shula district of the capital, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three civilians were wounded when a car bomb went off near a police patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Four policemen and two civilians were wounded when a bomb attached to a bicycle went off targeting a police patrol in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Three civilians were wounded when a bomb placed on a wooden cart went off near U.S. forces in Baquba, police said.

BAQUBA - Three civilians were wounded when two roadside bombs went off in two different districts targeted U.S. forces in Baquba, police said.

RAMADI - Gunmen killed Mukhaibir al-Alwani, a tribal leader and brother of the governor of Anbar province, in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of two people, bound and with gunshot wounds to the head, were found in eastern Baghdad, police aid.

JURF ALSAKHAR - Police found the bodies of two people, bound and blindfolded, in Jurf AlSakhar, about 85 km (53 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed an army captain along with his driver in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed an army lieutenant colonel in western Baghdad, police said.