Turkey has granted a resident permit to fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi in order to allow him to remain legally in the country after the vice president’s temporary visa expires. Hashemi stands accused of running death squads in Iraq but claims the charges are false and politically motivated. After first taking refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan, Hashemi then fled to Turkey to avoid what he feels is a biased court system.

Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed an eight more wounded.

The number of casualties in a bus bombing in Muqdadiya yesterday rose by two dead and five wounded. The new total is five dead and 15 wounded.

Two brothers were gunned down in Kirkuk. A sticky bomb wounded a police major.

In Kirkuk, the body of a murdered border guard was found.

An I.E.D. wounded two policemen in Ramadi.

In Baghdad, no casualties were reported when gunmen in military uniforms looted a vehicle.

Police were able to foil a suicide bomber in Baquba.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Twenty Killed in Attacks Focused on Iraqi Security Forces – May 23rd, 2013
• 31 Killed in Iraq, Including 12 Slaughtered in a Baghdad Brothel – May 22nd, 2013
• Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage – May 21st, 2013
• Monday Mayhem: 133 Killed, 283 Wounded in Iraq – May 20th, 2013
• Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives – May 19th, 2013