Iraq

The Iraqi Army has moved into Sadr City. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups operative in Baghdad’s Rashid district. Iraqi forces captured a Mahdi Army commander in Baghdad. Coalition forces killed a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader in Samarra and detained 20 operatives. US Special Operations Forces captured an al Qaeda cell leader in Rutbah.

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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