At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in violence mostly targeting security personnel.
In Baghdad, five security personnel were killed and 11 others were wounded when a double bombing took place in the Adhamiya district. A bomb wounded four in the Bayaa district.
A bombing in Ramadi left three policemen dead and two more wounded.
A woman’s dumped body was found in Kirkuk. Gunmen killed two men northwest of town.
A Patriotic Union of Kurdistan official died of wounds he received in a shooting in Saidiya.
A roadside bomb exploded in Ishaqi, wounding three people including a lieutenant colonel.
Soldiers liberated a merchant in Qaim and arrested four kidnappers.
A U.S. base in Kut suffered a Katyusha rocket attack, but no casualties were reported.
A truck accidentally collided with a U.S. vehicle, damaging nine civilian cars, in Souq al-Shyoukh.
