FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 4:30 p.m. British time on Friday:

* denotes new or updated item

* The U.S. military said it killed an al Qaeda militant and detained another eight in operations in different parts of the country on Thursday and Friday. One of those held was suspected of links to an al Qaeda cell in Anbar believed responsible for a bomb attack in the province on Thursday that killed 20 people, including three U.S. Marines and two interpreters.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead leading Iraqi judge Kamel al-Shewaili in an ambush as he drove home in Baghdad on Thursday, police and a judicial official said.

SHIRQAT - A home-made bomb planted in the road killed two members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol and wounded three others in Shirqat city, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police captain Muhammad Jamil said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Gunmen fired at a police checkpoint, wounding a policeman in Jurf al-Sakhar, 60 km (38 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MAHAWEEL - Iraqi police found the body of an Iraqi citizen in Mahaweel, 60 km (38 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary; Editing by Tim Cocks)