FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 17

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1643 GMT (11:43 a.m.) on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it had a killed an armed suspect in an assault on a group suspected of financing Shi'ite militias.

SHARQAT - The U.S. military said it had killed one person and detained 23 others on Saturday in operations to disrupt al Qaeda in northern Iraq, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad.

SAMARRA - U.S. forces killed two people on Saturday in operations targeting al Qaeda in a village northeast of Samarra, some 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

DIYALA PROVINCE - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another wounded after coming under attack from small arms fire in Diyala Province, northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - A parked car bomb killed three people including a policeman and wounded two civilians when it targeted a police patrol in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded eight others in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed one gunman and arrested 55 others in the last 24 hours in different areas across Iraq, the Defense Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in separate parts of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

BAIJI - A roadside bomb killed three people on Saturday in a market in central Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAIJI - A roadside bomb killed an off-duty policeman in Baiji, on Saturday, police said.