There were several reports of violence today, but none of them left significant numbers of casualties. Overall, at least seven Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded.

In Mosul a contractor was shot dead. Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded another. An I.E.D. killed a soldier and wounded another.

Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Mussayab where they killed two policemen and wounded four more. Two more police personnel were wounded in a bombing.

In Baghdad, a bomb wounded three civilians in the Suleikh neighborhood. A sticky bomb wounded a driver working for the environmental ministry.

An old war mine killed a worker and wounded another in Samawa.

Two guards were wounded during an attack on the Duluiya home of a security officer.

An I.E.D. wounded a civilian in Zobaa.

In Riyadh, bombs failed to leave casualties.

Rockets fell on a base in Falluja.

Rockets also targeted army sites in Kirkuk.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

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• Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives – May 19th, 2013
• Forty Killed Across Iraq; 13 Kidnapped in Anbar Province – May 18th, 2013
• Retaliation Against Sunnis Leave 90 Dead, 201 Wounded Across Iraq – May 17th, 2013