Shia clerics close to Ayatollah Sistani denied reports he issued fatwas permitting attacks on Coalition forces. Iraqi special operations forces captured a financier and weapons smuggler that operates along the Iranian border in Az Zubayr. Coaition forces captured four Special Groups operatives in Rashadiyah. Coalition forces captured six al Qaeda operatives and detained 15 suspects terrorists during raids. More than 140 “suspected criminals” turned themselves in to the Joint Coordination Center in Balad.
