Dec 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Wednesday.

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* AMARA - About 40 people were killed and more than 125 wounded when three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the mainly Shi'ite southern Iraqi city of Amara on Wednesday, police and health officials said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed 14 gunmen and detained 12 others during operations on Tuesday and Wednesday, in central Iraq, the U.S. military said.

* KIRKUK - Three people were wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

LATIFIYA - The Iraqi army found the bullet-riddled bodies of two men from a Sunni Arab tribal council in the town of Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. The council opposes al Qaeda.

BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found in different districts in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A grenade thrown from a car wounded three Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint on Tuesday in Baghdad's Yarmouk district, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded two others in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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