Iraq

Forty senior al Qaeda in Iraq operatives were captured or killed in November. Two al Qaeda operatives were killed and 25 captured during raids throughout Iraq. Two Special Groups operatives were captured in the Khan Bani Said region. A suicide attack on a police station in Jalula killed eight and wounded 30. The Interior Ministry said it would merge the Concerned Local Citizens into the police force. The Kurds cut a deal to share power with Sunnis in Kirkuk.

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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