At least 13 Iraqis were killed and 50 others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in Baghdad on Friday, police said.
Seven national guardsmen, two police officers and four civilians were killed in the bomb attacks, some of which were apparently coordinated, police said. Thirty-five civilians, 13 guardsmen and two police officers were wounded.
One of the car bombs hit a restaurant crowded with police and National Guardsmen in the Athamiya district of Baghdad.
The latest attacks occurred just one day after the formation of the new Iraqi government.
Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday approved a list of 36-member new cabinet with two deputy premierships unnamed and five ministerial posts only filled temporarily.
The incomplete lineup was approved by 180 votes in favor, out of a total of 185 votes cast in the 275-member parliament.