Iraqi Security Forces have assigned over 3,000 operatives to track down the former Baath Party cells belonging to Izzat Ibrahim al Duori and Muhammad Younes al Ahmad. Coalition forces captured 27 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi and US forces captured eight insurgents near Kirkuk. Two firefighters were seriously injured in an accidental fire at the massive Doura Oil Refinery in Baghdad. Five Iraqis were killed and 25 wounded in a mortar attack at a Baghdad prison.
