Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 2

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Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 2

BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Friday, Sept. 2, as of 1930 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.

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BASRA - One person was killed when gunmen in a car fired on Friday worshippers at two Sunni mosques in the mainly Shi'ite southern city of Basra, clerics and Sunni political officials said. In all, five people were wounded in the two incidents.

MAHAWEEL - A police source said one policeman was killed and another wounded when their car was struck by a roadside bomb on a highway to Mahaweel, 85 km (21 miles) south of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb while on patrol in Baghdad on Thursday, the military said in a statement. * TAL AFAR - A U.S. soldier was shot dead in the northern town of Tal Afar on Monday, the military said in a statement.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen shot dead a U.S. soldier near Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Wednesday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday.

BAGHDAD - A foreign security contractor was killed and another seriously wounded when a roadside bomb blasted their vehicle in central Baghdad in early morning, police said. Their nationalities were not known. A white sport utility vehicle was ablaze. It followed a similar attack against U.S. troops nearby. (Reporting by Mohammed Ramahi, Sami al-Jumaili in Kerbala, Aseel Kami, Alastair Macdonald and Hiba Moussa in Baghdad)