Aug. 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1900 GMT on Sunday:

* denotes new or updated items.

* BAGHDAD - Police said they found the bodies of 17 people dumped around the city of Baghdad.

* BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds landed in the Qahira district of northern Baghdad, killing three civilians and wounding 15, police said.

* HASHEMIYA - An Iraqi soldier was killed by gunmen in a drive-by shooting in the town of Hashemiya 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

* HILLA - Police said they had discovered the bodies of two women and a man 30 km (20 miles) south of the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad.

LATIFIYA - A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi Army patrol killing one solider and wounding two others, police said.

SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE - U.S. forces said that they had killed eight insurgents in helicopter strike on Aug. 9 in Salahuddin Province north of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Four American soldiers were killed and four others wounded in explosion during combat operations south of Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - One American soldier was killed by small arms fire southeast of Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

DAQUQ - Insurgents killed one civilian and wounded two others in a drive-by shooting in Daquq about 200 km (125 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

DAQUQ - Insurgents opened fire on a police patrol, killing three policemen and wounding two others in Daquq, police said.

HAWIJA - One Iraqi soldier was killed when insurgents opened fire in Hawija 70 km (43 miles) southwest of northern Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army said it had killed seven insurgents and arrested 70 others in the last 24 hours in Iraq.

BHAGHDAD - U.S. forces said they arrested 46 suspects during operations against al-Qaeda in Iraq. They include 17 suspects arrested in Karmah on the western outskirts of Baghdad who were accused of links to car bombs, including some attacks using chlorine gas. Sixteen were arrested in Sinjar in nothern Iraq near the Syrian border. Others were held in Baghdad, Mosul, Tarmiyah, Samarra and Tikrit.

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