Oct 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces arrested 21 gunmen during operations in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

MAHAWEEL - A body with gunshot wounds to the head and signs of torture was found in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A girl was killed by random gunfire in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

DIWANIYA - Iraqi police arrested Sulaiman al-Edami, a member of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political movement, when they raided his house in a town near Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi army soldiers killed five gunmen and arrested 48 others during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded simultaneously, killing at least five people and wounding 25 near a busy market and a gathering of people waiting to take transport to their jobs in the morning in the Diyala Bridge district of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a police commando patrol, wounding three people, including two policemen, in the Qadissiya district of southwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found shot in separate attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

MOSUL - Four bodies, including a woman and a girl, were found shot in separate attacks on Tuesday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Clashes erupted between insurgents and the police, leaving two policemen and two insurgents dead and one insurgent wounded on Tuesday, police said.

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