Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2030 GMT on Monday.

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*RASHAD - Gunmen killed two people when they opened fire on their car in the town of Rashad, 30 km (18 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

*MOSUL - A sniper killed a policeman in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Gunmen also killed a male nurse in western Mosul.

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

*BAGHDAD - U.S.-led troops detained 21 suspects during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

*BAQUBA - Four Iraqi soldiers and 16 al Qaeda militants were killed in clashes in the village of Hashmiyat west of Baquba, a volatile city north of Baghdad, an Iraqi army source said.

*ISKANDARIYA - A suicide car bomber killed one member of a neighbourhood patrol and wounded three others when he rammed their checkpoint in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed four Iraqi neighbourhood patrol volunteers and wounded two others at a checkpoint on Baghdad's northern outskirts, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed 12 gunmen and detained 29 others during the last 24 hours across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAQUBA - A woman wearing a suicide bomb vest wounded two policemen and five civilians including a child when she attacked a police station in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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

NEAR BALAD - Five people were killed including two al Qaeda militants during clashes on Sunday between militants and residents of a village near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR BAGHDAD - U.S. forces said they had captured a suspected "Special Groups" leader in Al-Hussainiya just north of Baghdad, a term they use to refer to Shi'ite militia they say receive weapons from Iran.

MAYSAN PROVINCE - Gunmen killed three teachers in Maysan province in southern Iraq on Sunday, the Education Ministry said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen when it struck their patrol in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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