Only four Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in very light violence. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, a former U.S. soldier, however, was sentenced to five life-sentences over the murder of an Iraqi family, including a teenager he also raped.

Over 300 Sunni Arabs gathered at a stadium in Hawija to protest plans for a joint U.S-Iraqi-Kurdish force to patrol areas of northern Iraq.

In Mosul, gunmen killed a civilian.

In Baghdad, a pair of bombs wounded six people in Adhamiya.

Three suspects were arrested after a bombing killed a civilian in Katoun.

In Kirkuk, the body of a missing 62-year-old man was found blindfolded, handuffed and shot. A shell fell on a residential area, but it did not explode nor cause any casualties.

Two blasts in Baquba killed a man and injured a woman separately.

A bomb in Rabeaa targeted a U.S. patrol but no casualties were reported.

Two people were kidnapped in Imam Weis.

Nine suspects were arrested in Basra.

Turkey launched an airstrike on parts of northern Iraq near Arbil.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Iraq To Limit Foreign Contractors, As Violence Continues – February 8th, 2012
• Iraq: Autonomy-Bid Governor Quits Over Tensions and Violence – February 7th, 2012
• Shi’ite-Led Govt. Still Targeting Rivals, Even As Cabinet Drops Boycott – February 6th, 2012
• Iraqi Town Asks For Help in Removing Landmines – February 4th, 2012
• Iraq’s Political Parties Look For Compromises – February 3rd, 2012