Security Developments In Iraq, Jan 20

BAGHDAD - Three Iraqi army soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.

Following are security developments in Iraq at 1600 GMT on Tuesday.

* BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed three civilians and wounded another five when it struck a U.S. patrol in Baghdad's western Mansour district, police said. The U.S. military said two American soldiers were wounded.

* MOSUL - Armed men entered a real-estate agent's office and opened fire in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, killing him and wounding a child nearby, police said.

* MOSUL - Armed men in a car opened fire in Mosul, killing a civilian walking in the street, police said.

BAGHDAD - Ammar Aziz, deputy minister of the ministry of higher education, escaped unharmed after a roadside bomb hit his convoy in Nidhal Street in central Baghdad, the cabinet said in a statement. The deputy minister's vehicle and one other in the convoy were slightly damaged. Police said five bodyguards were wounded in the blast.

MOSUL - Police shot dead a suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt when he tried to approach their checkpoint in western Mosul, north of Baghdad, police said. One policeman was wounded in the incident.

BAQUBA - Three pedestrians were wounded in the city of Baquba when a bomb exploded near the entrance of the headquarters of a Sunni political bloc participating in the upcoming provincial elections, police said. Baquba is 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Three Iraqi army soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two people were wounded by a roadside bomb near the Shaab soccer stadium in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five members of a U.S.- backed neighbourhood patrol and three civilians on Monday in Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad, police said.