Feb 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Friday:
KIRKUK - U.S. and Iraqi security forces killed a civilian and arrested six suspected militants in raids on towns southwest of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers captured a senior militant of al- Qaeda in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles), north of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said. The source added that the captured al Qaeda operative, an Egyptian national, was considered a leader of the extremist group in Mosul.