Developments in Iraq on April 5

April 5 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1030 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.

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*BAGHDAD - Three civilians were killed and five wounded when a car bomb exploded at an army checkpoint in eastern Baghdad, police said.

*BAGHDAD - A car bomb went off near a police patrol, wounding 13 civilians in the Shula district of the capital, police said.

*BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 11 insurgents on Tuesday in Kirkuk, Salaheddine and Baghdad, the government said.

*MOSUL - Iraqi police and army rescued three Iraqi kidnap victims in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

*KIRKUK - A civilian was killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb went off near U.S. forces in Kirkuk, police said.

*LATIFIYA - Police arrested two insurgents in an area between Iskandariya and Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

HAWIJA - A policeman was killed by gunmen while he was heading to work in Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

KIRKUK - Three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a joint U.S. and Iraqi police patrol in the oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

DIWANIYA - A translator with Polish troops was killed and his nephew wounded on Monday by gunmen wearing police commando uniforms in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.