The US military confirmed senior al Qaeda leader Abu Abdullah was killed in a raid in Samarra on November 8. Four al Qaeda operatives were killed in Diyala and Tarmiyah; a senior al Qaeda leader was captured near Kirkuk. Iraqi Security Forces arrested 16 insurgents and defused three IEDs in Baghdad. Al Qaeda killed three members of the 1920s Revolution Brigades in Baqubah and killed two soldiers and wounded nine near Buhriz. The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft amnesty law.
