Bombings in the capital resumed today. Meahwhile, news out of Anbar province was scarce, perhaps due to militants streaming into the province. Overall, at least 40 people were killed and 94 were wounded.
In Falluja, artillery fire killed two civilians and wounded three more.
Army troops killed three insurgents in Ramadi.
In Baghdad, a bomb near a "Western-style" shopping mall killed six people and wounded 12 more in Mansour. Four people were killed and 13 more were wounded when a bomb exploded near a prison in Tobchi; 24 detainees escaped. Four people were killed and eight more were wounded in a bombing near a hospital. A bomb at a bus station killed four people and wounded six more. In Adil, mortars killed three people and wounded nine more. Two people were killed and 13 more were wounded in a blast on a commercial street in Jamiaa. A bomb killed two people on a commercial street in Adhamiya. In Nahda, a blast killed two and wounded four more.
A bomb in Madaen killed three people and wounded nine more.
Three people were killed and at least 13 more were wounded in Kirkuk when two bombs exploded at a marketplace.
In Mosul, gunmen killed a soldier and wounded another at a checkpoint. A dumped body was discovered. An I.E.D. wounded an officer.
Gunmen wounded a civilian in Souq al-Shyoukh.
A journalist was wounded in a shooting in Baquba.
