Suicide bombings in Baiji and Baqubah killed over 30 and wounded 105. Coalition forces killed 13 al Qaeda operatives and detained 27 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Police arrested 11 insurgents northwest of Kirkuk and a senior al Qaeda leader in Balad Ruz. Over 200 volunteers from the Al Saydiya Awakening in Baghdad joined the Iraqi Army. The governor of Mosul survived an assassination attempt.
