Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained nine during raids in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces killed a senior leader of al Qaeda in Diyala and captured an al Qaeda counterfeiter in Baghdad. US soldiers captured 15 “extremists” south of Baghdad. Iraqi security forces captured a senior al Qaeda leader in Diyala and an emir in Salahadin. A female suicide bomber killed nine and wounded six in Khan Bani Saad. A district police chief in Salahadin province was wounded in an IED attack.
