The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It's posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy's Washington Bureau.
Baghdad
- Two policemen were injured when a roadside bomb targeted their vehicle in Al Waziriyah neighborhood around 1 p.m.
Nineveh
- 15 Iraqi army soldiers were killed and one was injured by accident. Soldiers were trying to destroy a weapons and explosives cache in Bashiqa town north of Mosul.