The parliament will debate the extension of the Multinational Forces Iraq mission. Nominees for the ministers of transport and justice have been announced by the cabinet. Coalition forces detained 10 al Qaeda operatives during raids along the Tigris River Valley in Iraq. Iraqi Forces detained an al Qaeda commander and two Special Groups operatives and found 18 IEDs during three separate operations; three more Shia extremists were arrested in Diwaniyah. Insurgents killed 11 members of a journalist’s family in their home in Baghdad.
