FACTBOX-Security Developments In Iraq, Dec 16

A suicide bomber wounded four Iraqi soldiers when he attacked their patrol in Rabea, a town near the Syrian border.

BAGHDAD - A bomb wounded five people, including three policemen, when it struck a police patrol near Andalus square in central Baghdad, police said.

RASHAD - The police chief of Rashad town escaped death when a roadside bomb detonated near his convoy and wounded two of his bodyguards, 30 km (20 miles) south of Kirkuk, police said.

RABEA - A suicide bomber wounded four Iraqi soldiers when he attacked their patrol in Rabea, a town near the Syrian border, on Monday, police said.

MOSUL - A bomb killed two civilians in al-Shoura town, 60 km (40 miles) south of the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad on Monday, police said.