Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and detained 18 suspects during operations in central and northern Iraq. One civilian was killed and three wounded in a suicide bombing near an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Baghdad. An attack on an Awakening Council in Baghdad killed two and wounded 10; an officer of the Awakening in Baqubah was killed and four soldiers wounded in an attack on a patrol. An Awakening patrol near Mosul killed three al Qaeda fighters.
