Aug 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0600 GMT on Thursday:

BAGHDAD - Police said they found the bodies of 15 people in different districts of Baghdad on Thursday.

BASRA - British forces killed two insurgents on Wednesday when their military convoy was attacked by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) in the southern city of Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, the British military said.

MOSUL - The bodies of two people were found, bound and with gunshot wounds, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Joint Iraqi and U.S. forces arrested 40 suspected al-Qaeda members in the past few days in the volatile city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.

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