FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 3:45 p.m. EDT on Friday:

* denotes new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed three people and wounded 10 others when it exploded near a restaurant in central Baghdad's Harthiya neighborhood, just outside the fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic compound, police said.

BAGHDAD - A body was found dumped in a street in Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - U.S. forces detained 12 suspected al Qaeda members in the northern city of Mosul, including a man suspected of overseeing attacks for the Sunni Arab insurgent group and a second man suspected of helping build suicide bombs, the U.S. military said.

DIYALA - A U.S. soldier was killed and five were wounded in three roadside bomb attacks on U.S. patrols in Diyala province, east of Baghdad, U.S. forces said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed four militants and detained 18 others on Thursday and Friday during operations around Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint, wounding five policemen in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Police found two decomposed bodies inside a mosque two years after they were kidnapped in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay and Tim Cocks)