Coalition forces unmanned aerial vehicles killed six “criminals” in the Hyanniyah district of Basrah and six more in northeastern Baghdad. Hillah and Najaf are under curfew after Muqtada al Sadr’s brother-in-law, who served as a senior aide, was killed in Najaf. Iraqi troops killed four insurgents and wounded five during a clash in Mosul. Eleven civilians were wounded an an al Qaeda mortar attack in Mosul.
