Last throws in Iraq october 22nd

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Saturday, Oct. 22, as of 1400 GMT.

HAQLANIYA - A U.S. Marine was killed on Friday while conducting combat operations against insurgents near Haqlaniya, northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. It said Marines killed four insurgents in the subsequent clash.

BAGHDAD - Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded when insurgents hurled grenades at their patrol in central Baghdad and the army returned fire, arresting six of them, the Iraqi army said in a statement.

DIWANIYA - A former member in the Baath Party, which was dissolved in 2003, escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen attacked his house in Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad. Police said one of his daughters was killed and two others wounded.

FALLUJA - A car driven by a suicide bomber exploded in central Falluja targeting a U.S patrol in an attack that Iraqi police officer Saif Sami said had destroyed a Humvee. There was no immediate comment from the U.S military.

DIWANIYA - One Iraqi was killed and another wounded when Polish forces opened fire on a street in the centre of Diwaniya, a medical source said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of a non-hostile gunshot wound on Oct. 20 in Baghdad.