Four people were killed and three more were wounded in light violence.

In Mosul, gunmen killed a soldier and wounded two others. A civilian was gunned down separately.

In Suleimaniya, a body was found. A taxi driver was kidnapped.

An Iraqi soldier committed suicide in Anbar province.

A bomb in a garbage can wounded a cleaning person in Jerifa.

No casualties were reported when a bomb, hidden in a garbage truck, exploded at a lawmaker’s home in Falluja.

A bomb left no casualties in Saqlawiya.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Six Killed Across Iraq; President Suffers Stroke – December 18th, 2012
• Iraq Bloodbath: 92 Killed, 227 Wounded – December 17th, 2012
• Disputed Areas of Iraq Rocked by Bombs: 19 Killed, 80 Wounded – December 16th, 2012
• Iranian Pilgrims Among 14 Killed in Iraq – December 14th, 2012
• Twelve Killed Across Iraq – December 13th, 2012