April 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 2000 GMT on Friday:

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* BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and seven wounded when their patrol base came under attack by militants south of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said. Two Iraqi interpreters were also killed in the attack.

* BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed and another was wounded in a roadside bomb attack south of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - An al Qaeda-backed group, the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the parliament building which killed a member of parliament and wounded two dozen other people.

BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds landed in a southern Baghdad district killing two people and wounding eight, police said.

HILLA - A roadside bomb killed one police commando and wounded three others when it exploded next to their patrol in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead Mohammed Abd al-Hameed, a mosque imam in the northern city of Mosul, as he was on his way to his mosque, police said. Hameed was also a well-known figure in the Sunni Muslim Scholars' Association.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier died after his patrol was attacked with small arms fire north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four policemen and one civilian when it exploded in the southern Baghdad district of Zaafaraniya, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Several mortars rounds landed in al-Qaria al- Asria, a town near Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding 10 people, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen seriously wounded two people when they attacked a barber shop in southern Kirkuk, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Gunmen opened fire on the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party's offices near Hilla, wounding three guards, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured 14 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq insurgents during operations on Friday, the U.S. military said.

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