At least four Iraqis were killed and 28 more were wounded in the latest violence. Two U.S. soldiers were killed as well, by indirect fire (mortar or rocket attack) in an unreported location yesterday. A third U.S. soldier was wounded in a blast in Najaf.
In Ramadi, a pair of bombs targeting police killed one and wounded 14 others; one victim apparently died later. Four people were wounded yesterday when a sticky bomb exploded at a checkpoint.
One woman was killed and six others were wounded when a Katyusha rocket feel in Mosul.
In Baghdad, a bomb in front of the Jihad home of an SIIC member left one bodyguard dead and three wounded.
A mortar attack in Kirkuk wounded two men last night.
A bomb targeting U.S. forces in Karbala left no casualties, but four suspects were detained afterwards. Authorities in Karbala are now asking that the U.S. military release the suspects.
Explosives were seized in Amara.
Twelve wanted suspects were captured along with a quantity of rockets and other explosives in Basra.
