Nov 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1700 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* MOSUL - A truck bomb exploded near the house of a tribal leader, killing one person and wounding three others in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The leader, a member of a local tribal council overseeing neighbourhood policing efforts, was not at his home at the time.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. Three U.S. soldiers were wounded.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed six suspected insurgents and detained 10 others during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq on Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

DIWANIYA - Police arrested 30 people, accused of assassinations and other attacks against Iraqi security forces, in the city of Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, over the past 48 hours, police said.

RAMADI - At least six people were killed when a car exploded outside a courthouse being guarded by police in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, one police officer said. Another police source put the death toll at four, with 15 wounded.

BAGHDAD - Three policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces found at least nine bodies in different areas of Baghdad, Iraqi army and police said. Six of the decomposed corpses were buried in the gardens of two abandoned houses in the Saidiya district of southern Baghdad.

LONDON - Two British military personnel were killed in Iraq on Tuesday when their Puma helicopter crashed near Baghdad, the Ministry of Defence said. The ministry said it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. (Editing by Paul Tait)

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