Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 9

Feb 9 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Thursday, Feb. 9, as of 1230 GMT.

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

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead a Sunni tribal leader, Rasheed Safi, in western Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

- Two bodies riddled with bullets were found dumped in an open area south of Baghdad, police said.

- One man was killed and two wounded when gunmen in a car opened fire on a group of Shi'ites celebrating Ashura in al-Amiriya district west of Baghdad, police said.

- Police pursued two men trying to plant a roadside bomb in Dura, south of Baghdad, shooting and wounding one. Police said the second man shot himself after police surrounded a house where he had taken refuge.

BAQUBA - Eight people were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in al-Muqdadiya 45 km (28 miles) east of Baquba, police said.

RAMADI - Three civilians and two Iraqi soldiers were killed by a suicide car bomber at a checkpoint in western al-Anbar province on Wednesday. Two Iraqi soldiers and a U.S. soldier were wounded, the U.S. army said.