Security developments in Iraq, Nov 8

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1300 GMT on Wednesday:

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Five people were killed and another five wounded when mortars slammed into a residential area in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City, police said.

* MOSUL - Police found six bodies with gunshot wounds in different parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* RAMADI - A suicide car bomber detonated himself targeting a passing U.S. military convoy, and wounded five civilians, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed three people and wounded three in the southwestern Amil district of Baghdad, police said.

ANBAR PROVINCE - A U.S. marine died from wounds sustained in combat in the western Anbar Province, the U.S. military said.

MUQDADIYA - A car bomb in a busy market killed four people and wounded six in the town of Muqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR MUQDADIYA - Gunmen killed four relatives, two of them policemen, in a village near Muqdadiya, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 41 suspected insurgents during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - A mortar round landed in the Shi'ite district of Kadhimiya in northwestern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding eight, an Interior Ministry source said.

MAHMUDIYA - A car bomb in a busy market killed six people and wounded 25 in the town of Mahmudiya, in an area dubbed "the Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

NEAR KIRKUK - Clashes erupted between gunmen and the Iraqi army near a village 30 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, killing six gunmen and wounding one soldier, the army said.

NEAR MUQDADIYA - U.S. forces killed 10 al Qaeda operatives associated with foreign fighter organisations near Muqdadiya and rescued a kidnapped Iraqi policeman, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed four suspected insurgents and detained 48 others on Tuesday during a raid on an al Qaeda meeting place in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed a man and wounded six others in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A mortar round landed in the northern al-Qahira district of Baghdad and wounded four people, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeted police commandos and wounded four of them in the eastern Baladiyat district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Two mortar rounds landed near al-Amin square in central Baghdad and wounded eight people, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Two mortar rounds that landed near the Ministry of Health in central Baghdad killed three people and wounded eight, an Interior Ministry source said.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb near a house killed two people on Tuesday night in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

SAMAWA - Gunmen killed a police lieutenant colonel on Tuesday in front of his house in Samawa, 270 km (168 miles) south of Baghdad, a medical source said.