The daily Iraq violence report is complied 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

Around 10:00am, an IED targeted convoy of SUVs in Beirut Seq. two killed and 5 injured all of them were civilian

Kirkuk - Yesterday evening, gunmen riding a pick up vehicle shot an officer from the Third Battalion-Fifth brigade near by Al Safra village in Al Riyadh province west Kirkuk. Kirkuk policemen declared that the incident claimed the life of the officer immediately.

- Around 9:30am, An IED targeted the head's of the local council convoy of Al Haweeja province injured three of his bodyguards.

- 9 bodies found in Baghdad today by Iraqi Police. 2 in Zafaraniyah; 2 in Amil; 1 in Bayaa; 1 in Saidiyah; 1 in Shoala; 1 in Ghazaliyah and 1 in Mansour.

Salahuddin

Around 09:30am, gunmen assassinated Major khalid Jabur from Iraqi police in front of his house in Al Taameem neighborhood in Tikrit.