Iraq

Coalition special operations forces killed five al Qaeda and captured two in raids across the country. US troops captured six IED emplacers in northern Babil and captured two insurgents in Mahmudiyah. Iraqi forces captured two IED facilitators in Anbar and Bahgdad. Lithuania will redeploy a small infantry force to Iraq.

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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