Aug 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2100 GMT on Thursday.

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* BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed one civilian and wounded four others in western Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen in opened fire from three cars in central Baghdad, killing one pedestrian and wounding another, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen wounded an interior ministry official in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded when a bomb exploded in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Police found three bodies in various parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. One had been decapitated. Another was identified as the body of a policeman.

MOSUL - Militants killed a policeman in a gun battle in western Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A policeman was wounded in clashes with gunmen in northern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 15 suspected militants during operations targeting al-Qaeda in different parts of Iraq, including one suspected of plotting attacks on local neighbourhood patrols.

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