US troops killed seven Special Groups operatives and detained five during operations in Rashidiyah and Baghdad. Iraqi troops killed nine Special Groups operatives in Hussaniyah. Iraqi security forces captured a Mahdi Army leader and two others and seized an IED factory in Karbala. Coalition forces killed 10 al Qaeda operatives and detained 22 during raids in Baghdad, Samarra, Thar Thar, and the North. Iraqi border guards captured three al Qaeda operatives in Hamdamiyah.
