March 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2100 GMT on Monday.

* denotes new or updated items.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in northeast Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two militants and detained five others on Sunday during operations targeting al Qaeda groups around Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died on Sunday after a roadside bomb attack in the south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

NEAR LATIFIYA - Six handcuffed and blindfolded bodies were found with gunshot wounds in a deserted area near Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Six mortar bombs hit the Green Zone, the diplomatic and government compound in central Baghdad, police said.

NEAR BAQUBA - Four members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol were killed in clashes with al Qaeda militants south of Baquba, 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed 25 gunmen in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

ANBAR PROVINCE - One U.S. soldier was killed after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb on Sunday in Anbar province in western Iraq, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb on Sunday north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

NEAR BALAD - Gunmen killed six Iraqi policemen on Sunday in an ambush on their patrol northeast of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MAHAWEEL - Iraqi police found a dead body in a river that was believed to be a security volunteer kidnapped a few days ago in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - The U.S. military released Rasheed Al-Zaidan, sheikh of the al-Lahaib tribe in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. Zaidan said he was arrested two weeks ago for suspected links to al Qaeda.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom, editing by Randy Fabi)

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