FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 12:30 p.m. British time on Thursday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in combat north of Baghdad on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it had killed 13 suspected insurgents and detained 16 others during operations against al-Qaeda bombing networks in Baghdad, Samarra and Muqdadiya on Wednesday and Thursday.

* BAGHDAD - Five civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. patrol in the eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - Four policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Kirkuk, police said. Another two policemen were wounded by a second roadside bomb in central Kirkuk.

BALAD - U.S. forces killed six insurgents it said were linked to al Qaeda and detained 26 others during coordinated operations east of Balad in the past week, the U.S. military said.

DIWANIYA - Gunmen killed Sheikh Nadhim al-Bdairi, a Fadhila Party official in Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded by a roadside bomb near al-Zewraa Park in west central Baghdad, police said.