Iraq

The majority of the day’s violence has occurred in and around Baghdad. The first day of a Shiite holiday in Karbala ended with incident. Prime Minister Maliki will travel to Iran.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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