April 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1830 GMT on Friday:

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* SAQLAWIYA - One civilian was killed and eight U.S. troops wounded in a suicide attack on a U.S. checkpoint near Saqlawiya, near Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. A dump truck loaded with explosives detonated under a highway overpass, causing a large part to collapse.

* BAGHDAD - Nineteen bodies were found shot dead across Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two mortar rounds landed in a residential area in eastern Baghdad, killing a child and wounding nine other people, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - A U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded on Thursday when a rocket struck a U.S. base in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 km) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed eight militants and detained 41 others during operations around Iraq. The military also said soldiers found seven tanks of chlorine in a raid on a building near Mahmudiya.

BAQUBA - Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol, killing two policemen and wounding another eight in Baquba 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KUFA - Gunmen killed a civilian in a drive-by shooting in central Kufa, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - Gunmen shot dead a civilian and wounded two others in a drive-by shooting in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A suicide truck bomber targeting a police station near Falluja killed two civilians and wounded 37, police said.

BAGHDAD - Twenty bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire on civilians in Saadoun street in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing three people and wounding two, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two policemen were killed and three wounded when they were attacked by gunmen on Thursday in the northern Baghdad district of Waziriya, police said.

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