Updated at 8:02 p.m. EDT, May 7, 2010
At least 13 Iraqis were killed and 24 were wounded in violent attacks. Meanwhile, Ayad Allawi, the former prime minister whose Iraqiya list won the most seats in parliamentary elections, insisted his party has the right to form the next government. Should Iraqiya, which was favored by Sunni Iraqis, be squeezed out, it could signal a return to sectarian violence.
An attack on an Awakening Council (Sahwa) checkpoint in Rashad left three Sahwa fighters dead and four wounded.
A raid in Mansuriya netted four suspects, who may have been involved in the attack on a Sahwa checkpoint in nearby Rashad.
One Sahwa member was killed and five more were wounded during a I.E.D. blast in Katoun.
Six bodies, a married couple and their children, were found in Suwayra. The couple’s son was later arrested.
In Abu Ghraib, a bomb killed one civilian and wounded four others. A senior al-Qaeda leader was captured.
A car bomb injured 11 people in Tikrit near the home of a Commander of the Quick Response Department.
A gunman was killed in Ramadi while trying to plant a bomb.
Gunmen killed an off-duty guard north of Mosul in Wana.
Seven suspects were arrested across Basra.
Three were arrested in Azim.
Explosive belts and charges were found in Muqdadiya.
Clashes between Turkish soldiers and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey left at least five rebels and two soldiers dead. A second source reported 15 rebels were killed. One soldier was also wounded. The PKK often stages attacks from base camps on Iraqi soil.
