At least 23 people have been killed and dozens more have been wounded following a series of attacks in and around Baghdad today.
In the deadliest attack, 18 people were killed and 28 wounded when a rocket struck a residential building in the town of Mahmudiyah, south of the capital.
Another four people were killed and six wounded in a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mixed Shia-Sunni district of Al-Alam.
A policeman was killed and another two wounded when a roadside bomb exploded against their patrol in the Sunni district of Adhamiyah.
Yesterday four US soldiers were killed in an explosion near their vehicle .The blast took place in Diyala province, another area where violence has spiked since the start of the security crackdown in Baghdad.
