July 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0845 GMT on Friday.

NEAR MOSUL - Gunmen killed one policeman and wounded three others when they attacked their checkpoint on Thursday, near the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded another on Thursday in the district of New Baghdad, in the eastern part of the capital, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured five suspected "special groups militants", a term it uses for Iranian-backed militias, during operations in Adhamiyah district, northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay; editing by Sami Aboudi)

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