At least 16 people were killed and 19 more were wounded. Two of the dead were foreign nationals.

The Justice Ministry announced the execution of five more convicts today. A Syrian and a Saudi were among the group of five. Yesterday, 21 death sentences were carried out.

Three soldiers were killed and six more were wounded in a bomb blast in Kirkuk. Another bomb killed a policeman and wounded three security personnel, including a Peshmerga fighter.

In Baghdad, gunmen killed a brigadier general working for the Interior Ministry. A colonel was killed in a separate bombing. Gunmen killed a sheikh and a policeman at separate locations. An army lieutenant was killed and a soldier was wounded in a blast.

An officer was killed and three more were wounded in al-Sahaji when a bomb blew up.

Gunmen killed a civilian in Muqdadiya.

A sticky bomb wounded an emergency regiment officer in Rawa.

Three policemen were wounded in Anna when their patrol came across a roadside bomb.

A blast in Balad Ruz wounded a farmer.

In Gatoun, gunmen wounded a civilian.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

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