FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Sept 18

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1000 GMT on Tuesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - At least eight people were killed and 15 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a market in the predominantly Shi'ite district of Ur in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

* JALAWLA - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in a mobile phone shop and killed four people and wounded 14 in the town of Jalawla, near the Iraq-Iran border, police said.

* MOSUL - A suicide car bomber targeting an Iraqi military convoy wounded two soldiers in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the army said. The convoy managed to kill the bomber before he could reach the convoy.

* BAGHDAD - The U.S. forces killed three insurgents and detained 13 suspected insurgents during several operations targeting al Qaeda in Baghdad and Baiji, the U.S. military said.

* TIKRIT - Salahuddin province deputy governor, Abdullah Jbara, escaped a roadside bomb attack near his convoy in the city of Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, Jbara told Reuters. Jbara was not harmed.

* QAIM - Police said they found the bodies of three men, shot and tortured, near Qaim, 500 km (300 miles) west of Baghdad.

* SHIRQAT - A policeman was killed when a police force raided a house and came under fire in the town of Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Two insurgents were killed and four detained during the raid.

* BAGHDAD - Two car bomb killed seven people and wounded 23 in a parking lot near the Health Ministry in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed two people and wounded five in eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one civilian and wounded two policemen in Zaafaraniya district in the southern outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a man and wounded his brother on Monday in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km ( 25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.