Dec 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1630 GMT on Thursday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers killed three gunmen in clashes in eastern Mosul, police said.

* MOSUL - An off-duty policeman was wounded during a shoot-out with a gunman, police said. The gunman was killed.

* MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty traffic cop in western Mosul, police said.

KIRKUK - Police reported the discovery of the slain body of Jelawish Hussein, a member of the Communist party in Kirkuk, who was stabbed in her home. Kirkuk is 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.

BAQUBA - Six civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near an army patrol in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

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