Nineteen people have died across Iraq in a spate of attacks including a suicide car bombing that killed eight at a security checkpoint in the former Al-Qaeda stronghold of Ramadi.
The day's death toll equalled the worst seen since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began more than two weeks ago.
Today's attack in Ramadi, a predominantly Sunni Arab city and capital of Anbar province, happened in Al-Jazeera, a northern neighbourhood.
Ramadi, a city of around 540,000 people and situated 100km west of Baghdad, was a key insurgent base in the aftermath of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime by US-led forces in 2003.
Elsewhere, five people were killed and 20 others wounded in a suicide bombing at the main Shia mosque in Baquba in central Iraq.
Four people also died and four were hurt when a sticky bomb exploded on a minibus near the Shia shrine city of Karbala, while two civilians were killed and 11 people wounded in car bomb attacks in Baghdad.
The latest casualties come after the number of violent deaths in Iraq hit a 13-month high in August, raising fresh concerns about stability after the government admitted that security is worsening.
Statistics compiled by the defence, interior and health ministries on 1`September showed 456 people - 393 civilians, 48 police and 15 Iraqi soldiers - were killed, the highest toll since July last year when 465 died in unrest.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sent extra troops to the west of the country at the weekend to secure the border with Syria and hit out at countries he says are giving terrorists the shelter they need to mount attacks inside Iraq.
