[UPDATE 2] al Qaeda’s “Islamic State of Iraq” offers the US a one month truce to withdraw its forces, but demands the US leave its heavy weapons. British troops have captured members of the police responsible for death squad activities in Basra. Iraqi Army Special Forces conducted a raid in Sadr City, and detained 1 and injured 3. The 5th Iraqi Army Division capture 13 suspected members of an “illegal armed group cell” in Muqdadiyah.
