Muqtada al Sadr and Abdul Aziz al Hakim signed an agreement to put aside religious and sectarian issues. Sunni and Shia tribal leaders in Muqdadiyah signed an agreement to put aside tribal differences to fight al Qaeda. Special operations forces killed six al Qaeda operatives and captured 18 in raids throughout Iraq. US soldiers captured six rogue Mahdi Army fighters in Sadr City. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a Shia extremist company commander in Khalis.
