May 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2100 GMT on Saturday:

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* BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a minibus killed three tribal chiefs on after they left a conference at the headquarters of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, a small Sunni political party. Police said four other people were wounded in the attack.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed three al Qaeda militants and arrested 17 others during operations on Friday and Saturday in various areas of Iraq, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb wounded two Iraqi soldiers when it exploded near their vehicle in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.

MOSUL - Mosul Mayor Zuheir al-Aaraaji said a roadside bomb wounded two guards in the convoy he was traveling in.

NEAR KIRKUK - Two women's bodies were found with gunshot wounds near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Another police source said they were killed in the crossfire of a clash between two tribes.

BAGHDAD - A rocket blast wounded two people near the Adhamiya area of northern Baghdad, police said. (compiled by Aws Qusay)

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