Iraq Violence

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A wave of shootings and bombings targeting security forces left at least 22 people dead and more than 70 wounded in Iraq Monday.

In Baghdad, militants carried out seemingly coordinated morning attacks on Iraqi forces in eastern and western parts of the capital, the interior ministry said.

The ministry said gunmen opened fire on police and army checkpoints between 5 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. local time. The attack killed seven -- four police officers and three soldiers. At least 12 security forces were wounded.

Three roadside bombs struck police checkpoints and a patrol in Baghdad. These attacks killed two civilians and left 10 people wounded, including nine police officers.

At least eight people were killed and 28 wounded in a double bombing south of the capital. A parked car bomb followed by a roadside bomb detonated in the town of al-Suwaira near a market and a Shiite mosque, the interior ministry said. The town is a predominantly Shiite.

In al-Tarmiya, north of Baghdad, a car bombing killed at least three people and wounded 16 others. The parked car bomb was targeting the mayor of al-Tarmiya, who was among the wounded.

And in the city of Falluja, at least 10 civilians were wounded when four roadside bombs were detonated outside the homes of four police officers.

In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide car bomber killed two at a checkpoint manned by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.

Overall, violence across the country has dropped significantly over the past two years, compared with the height of the sectarian war in 2006.

However, attacks on civilians and security forces are still frequent. (CNN news)