Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 21

Feb 21 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Tuesday, Feb. 21, as of 1030 GMT.

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

BAQUBA - Three policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb went off near a pick-up truck carrying workers, killing one and wounding two in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Iraqi police arrested three al Qaeda members on Monday who they said confessed to recent church bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk.

KIRKUK - Police colonel Burhan Taha, the head of police headquarters in Kirkuk, escaped an assassination attempt on Monday when gunmen attacked his house in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. His son and daughter were wounded, police added.

AL RIYADH - Four Iraqi soldiers were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a joint Iraqi-U.S patrol near the town of al Riyadh, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - Six civilians were wounded when a mortar round landed in a Shi'ite district of the capital, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two police commandos were killed and four people wounded, including a civilian, when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A policeman was killed when a roadside bomb went off near his patrol in western Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found, bound and with shotgun wounds to the head and chest, police said.

BAQUBA - One civilian was killed and two were wounded when gunmen attacked a judge while he was heading to his work in Baquba, police said. The judge was wounded.