Dec 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Monday.

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* BAGHDAD - Seven inmates were killed and 21 wounded when several mortar rounds struck an Interior Ministry jail in central Baghdad, an Iraqi security official said. * BAIJI - A suicide car bomber killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded two others in an attack on a checkpoint in the city of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* RAMADI - Police found a body with gunshot wounds and signs of torture near Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 27 gunmen during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq on Sunday and Monday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A rocket attack caused a large fire in a storage tank at a domestic oil refinery in southern Baghdad but the plant was still operating, Iraqi police and oil officials said. The U.S. military said an industrial accident had caused a pipeline explosion at the plant.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four police commandos and one civilian in eastern Baghdad's Baladiyat district, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five people were wounded by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad's Mansour district, police said. Three policemen were among the wounded, another police source said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed two civilians in their car in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a member of a neighbourhood police patrol in a drive by-shooting at a checkpoint in Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, on Sunday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a Christian girl in a market in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Mortar bombs killed one civilian and wounded two others in northern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

BUHRIZ - One policeman and a civilian were killed in clashes between police and gunmen in Buhriz, 60 km (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. A child, a woman and two policemen were among five people wounded and 10 cars were destroyed.

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