Dec 7 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1100 GMT on Thursday:

KIRKUK - Five U.S. soldiers were killed on Wednesday when an explosion hit their vehicle in Kirkuk Province. The U.S. military said a total of 11 soldiers were killed on Wednesday.

FATHA - Eight people bunkering crude oil from a pipeline near the town of Fatha, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk were killed in an explosion late on Wednesday, police said. The source said seven other people were arrested.

NAJAF - U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested Faris Hassan, a leader of the radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army militia, in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. The U.S. military said one detainee had been captured during a raid in Najaf but gave no further details.

BAGHDAD - U.S.-Iraqi forces captured 15 suspected insurgents during a raid on Tuesday in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAIJI - U.S.-Iraqi forces captured a sniper on Wednesday in the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S.-Iraqi forces conducted a raid on Wednesday in Abdan, near Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) north of Baghdad, detaining seven suspected insurgents.

ISKANDARIYA - Police found three bodies, with gunshot wounds and signs of torture, in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Basil Abdullah, the deputy chief of al-Sadoun police station, along with two of his guards near al- Shaab National Stadium in east-central Baghdad, police said.

RIYADH - A roadside bomb exploded near a car and killed a person and wounded another in the town of Riyadh, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

CAMP BUCCA - A detainee died from natural causes on Monday in Camp Bucca, south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

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