FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 1
MOSUL - A suicide truck bomber killed three policemen and wounded five civilians on Thursday in southern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty policeman in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, police said.
KIRKUK - Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. soldiers, killed three gunmen on Wednesday after clashes in a village southwest of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - One militant was killed and another was wounded while the men were planting a roadside bomb in southern Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said.
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