Iraq

Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and detained 19 during raids nationwide. Iraqi troops captured eight al Qaeda operatives and defused 13 IEDs southeast of Baghdad. Two suicide bombings targeting Iraqi troops in Mosul killed two and wounded 44. US-unmanned aerial vehicles killed two Mahdi Army fighters in Sadr City.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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