The violence tapered off slightly today, the prayer day, but at least 42 people were still killed and 62 more wounded. Shelling in Falluja and a bombing at a market in the north left the most casualties.
In Anbar province:
In Falluja, at least six people were killed and 17 more were wounded in shelling. Three snipers were killed. A militant leader was wounded in an artillery attack.
A suicide bomber in Ramadi killed three soldiers and wounded four more.
Three policemen were killed and four more were wounded in Albu Dhiab.
In Garma, seven militants were killed.
Elsewhere:
Four people were killed and 18 more were wounded in Tuz Khormato when a bomb exploded at a market.
In Baquba, a bomb killed one person and wounded three more. A second bomb injured four people.
In Kirkuk, gunmen killed a brigadier general and his brother. A roadside bomb wounded two soldiers.
Gunmen in Saidiya killed a municipal official and another person.
In Mussayab, a roadside bomb killed one person and wounded another. A bomb yesterday wounded five people near this location.
A bomb in Mosul killed one soldier and wounded three civilians.
In Baghdad, a kidnapped woman and her daughter were rescued. A car bomb in Ghazaliya killed or wounded a number of people. Six militants were killed.
A dumped body was found in Nasariya.
Two suicide bombers were killed while attacking an election center in Baaj.
