The latest attacks left 12 killed and 14 wounded.

In Baghdad, a bomb killed four people and wounded eight others. Two policemen were killed and four more were wounded in a machine-gun attack. A bomb injured a taxi driver.

A blast near an observation post in Falluja left two soldiers dead and a policeman wounded. Gunmen killed two policemen.

A Dijla Operations brigade commander was killed in Kirkuk. It is the second day in a row a commander from this controversial post has been targeted.

Gunmen killed a commander in the Baaj police force.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Tanker Bomber Attacks Officer’s Home in Northern Iraq; 30 Killed Across Country – May 11th, 2013
• Three Executed in Iraq, 13 Others Are Killed in Random Attacks – May 10th, 2013
• Child Among 14 Killed Across Iraq – May 9th, 2013
• Iraq: Kurdish Forces Bear Brunt of Attacks That Leave 46 Dead, 92 Wounded – May 8th, 2013
• Seventeen Iraqis Killed in Widespread Attacks – May 7th, 2013