US soldiers killed seven al Qaeda operatives and captured two during a raid near Khan Bani Sa™ad. US and Iraqi troops captured eight al Qaeda operatives in Baqubah. US troops captured a Special Groups leader in the Sha’ab neighborhood in Baghdad. An al Qaeda suicide bomber killed nine Iraqis in an attack on a bus in Tal Afar. One policeman was killed and two wounded in an IED attack in Mosul.
