Iraq

The US killed 18 insurgents during two battles in Ramadi. Two soldiers were killed after their helicopter was shot down in Taji. The al Qaeda front Islamic State in Iraq claimed credit. This is the 4th helo shot down since January 20th.

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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