FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 9:00 a.m. EST on Thursday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* MUQDADIYA - U.S. forces killed 12 insurgents, detained 37 suspects and freed one hostage during a multi-day operation on December 22 to 25 to disrupt al Qaeda networks near Muqdadiya, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* BAQUBA - Three neighborhood patrol members were killed and two wounded on Wednesday as they entered a booby-trapped house in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed 11 militants early on Thursday in the city of Kut, 170 km (105) southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement the operations targeted "special groups criminal networks," a term it often uses to describe members of the Shi'ite Muslim Mehdi army militias who it says receive weapons and funding from Iran.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a mini-bus, killing two of its passengers and wounding 10 in the Baladiyat district of eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two people in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

RAMADI - Iraqi police and U.S. forces detained two suspected al Qaeda members during operations on December 24 and 25 in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad. The suspects are believed to be linked to in the capture of three U.S. soldiers in May, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained a total of 19 suspected insurgents during operations targeting al-Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

(Baghdad Newsroom; editing by Peter Graff)