Iraq

U.S. forces raid a Sadr office in Diwaniya, the scene of a battle between the Iraqi Army and Mahdi Army last month. The Iraqi Interior Ministry states a high level al Qaeda commander Abu Jaafar al-Liby has been killed, and Coalition forces state another unnamed member has been captured.

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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