A number of police and other security personnel were killed.

At least 7 bombs exploded in Baghdad on Sunday night, leaving almost two dozen wounded.

Two Basra activists were among eight people killed.

An attack on an oil refinery killed one and wounded dozens. Meanwhile two mass graves were discovered.

The number of people sickened by Basra’s water supply has reached 102,000 according to a UN commissioner.

The EU reported feeling ill due to contaminated water in Basra.

Three bombs were reported in Kirkuk.

Ten people were killed in recent violence, but a mass grave gave up 45 bodies in northern Iraq.

At least 401 were killed in Iraq during September, and 491 were wounded.

A bomb attributed to the PKK killed and wounded several Turkish soldiers.