FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 15

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

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire in southwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said.

KIRKUK - Five policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Nineveh province police spokesman Brigadier-General Khaled Abdul Sattar said.

MOSUL - Three civilians were wounded when a car exploded near Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, Nineveh province police spokesman Brigadier-General Khaled Abdul Sattar said.

ISKANDARIYA - One man was killed when gunmen wearing Iraqi Army uniforms attacked a house in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. The man's son and brother were kidnapped.

SAMARRA - U.S. soldiers killed two suspected al Qaeda militants near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Friday, the U.S. military said.

HILLA - Eight Iraqi civilians were wounded when 29 Katyusha rockets damaged three houses and a school near a U.S. embassy regional office in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday, the U.S. military said. Iraqi police said one woman was killed.

TAL AFAR - Iraqi security forces killed three suspected militants in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said. Two of those killed were wearing belts packed with explosives.