US aircraft killed six members of a mortar team in West Rashid. Coalition forces detained al Qaeda operatives during raids in Sharqat and Mosul. The Baqubah SWAT detained 25 suspected insurgents. Iraqi security forces detained five suspected insurgents during three raids. Iraqi soldiers and the Mahdi Army clashed in Al Kut; two police and two Mahdi fighters were killed. Police captured a Special Groups fighter in Musayyib.
