Violence appeared to fall sharply as the weekend approached. Only six Iraqis were reported killed Friday or Saturday.
Security forces killed an al-Qaeda suspect during an exchange of gunfire in Ramadi. A policeman was killed as he as being detained.
Two bodies were found west of Mosul; one was bearing gunshot wounds, the other had blunt force injuries.
Two bodies bearing gunshot wounds were found in Rabeaa.
A bomb was defused in Mukhamisa.
Eleven activists were detained in Baghdad.
U.S. forces landed in Karbala hoping to arrest a suspect, who had died four days earlier. The provincial council will lodge a complaint against the operation.
