41 killed in violent attacks in Iraq:
Fifteen people were killed and five others injured when a suicide truck bomber attacked a police brigade headquarters in the village of Anjana near Adheam, some 120 km northeast of the capital of Baghdad, a local police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Ref. Source 2
At least nine killed in car bomb attack near Iraq's Mosul:
Police officials said the explosion Wednesday night was in Bay Boukh, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group. The village is near the city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad. Ref. Source 6