By Hussein Kadhim | McClatchy Newspapers

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

- Around 7:30 am a roadside bomb targeted an American patrol in Illam neighborhood( west Baghdad). No casualties reported.

- Police found 3 dead bodies in Baghdad today: 2 were found in Risafa bank(east Baghdad); 1 in Shaab and 1 in Habibiya. While 1 was found in Amil in Karkh bank.

Kirkuk

- On Monday night, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in Kirkuk city. Two policemen were killed( including the deputy of Irouba police station Colonel Khabat Aziz) and 5 others were injured.