Iraqi forces captured the Oil Minister for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq. Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 11 during raids in central and northern Iraq. Twelve al Qaeda were killed and five captured during operations targeting al Qaeda networks along the Tigris River Valley in Iraq; a senior al Qaeda leader in Mosul was among those killed. Sixteen al Qaeda operatives were captured in Tikrit. Thirty-one Mahdi Army fighters were captured during operations in Karbala.
