May 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Sunday:

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* KHAN BANI SAAD - U.S. forces killed six militants and destroyed a weapons cache in an airstrike in the town of Khan Bani Saad, near Baquba, the U.S. military said. Baquba is 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded four others on patrol in Zayouna district in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A mortar bomb wounded four people in Iskan district in western Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in various districts of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four people were killed and 38 others wounded in clashes between security forces and Shi'ite militiamen in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two militants who tried to attack them in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured three wanted militants and detained a dozen other men during operations in the northern city of Mosul, Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of the capital, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Tim Cocks)

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