May 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1530 GMT on Sunday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BASRA - Militants fired two rockets at a water treatment plant in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, but failed to cause any damage, the British military in Basra said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed 11 suspected al Qaeda militants and detained another 23 in separate operations in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed 9 militants in different battles in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a civilian man in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, an army operations spokesman for the northern region, Brigadier Khalid Abdul-Satar, said.

MOSUL - Iraqi police found a dumped body in the al-Hirmat neighbourhood of western Mosul, Abdul-Satar said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hero Ibrahim, escaped death when a bomb exploded near her convoy in Baghdad, the president's office said. She was not hurt but four bodyguards were wounded. Police said the bomb targeted an army patrol and had wounded two police and two civilians.

MOSUL - A man was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - The body of a decapitated man wearing a military uniform was found in Mosul, spokesman for Iraqi military operations in Mosul, Khalid Abdul-Satar, said.

BALAD - Two women were killed by blasts from bombs planted near a policeman's house in a village near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession in al-Maamoun neighbourhood in western Baghdad, killing a traffic policeman and a civilian and wounding eight people, including four traffic police, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of four people were found in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - The Iraqi army shot dead a suicide car bomber, thwarting an attempted attack on their base in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said. A soldier was wounded in the incident.

MOSUL - The body of a man was found with gunshot wounds in the head and chest in Mosul on Saturday, police said.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami and Tim Cocks)

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