Aug 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1400 GMT on Friday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded two others in Iskandariya district, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

* ISKANDARIYA - Iraqi police arrested three wanted militants and captured 18 other suspects in a security operation in Iskandariya district, police said.

MUSSAYAB - One member of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol was killed and four were wounded during clashes with militants on Thursday in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier when they ambushed a patrol on Thursday in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 10 militants on Thursday and Friday in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay and Khalid al-Ansary)

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