Feb 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0800 GMT on Friday:

BAGHDAD - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was wounded by Iraqi troops in a clash north of Baghdad, two Iraqi Interior Ministry sources said on Friday. A ministry spokesman was quoted as saying that Masri had escaped. The U.S. military said it was not able to confirm the reports.

KIRKUK - Three guards of Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari were killed and five others wounded on Thursday when gunmen at a fake checkpoint attacked their convoy in the village of Sulaiman Beq in Salahaddin province, police said. Zebari was not in the convoy, police added. Two gunmen were killed in the incident.

BAGHDAD - One Iraqi soldier was shot dead by a sniper in the Sunni-dominated district of Adhamiya on Thursday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A policeman was shot by gunmen in the Amil district of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

KIRKUK - One civilian was killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb attack on Thursday in the northern city of Kirkuk.

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

MOSUL - Four dead bodies were found on Thursday in the northern city of Mosul, police said. Three of them were policemen.

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