Iraq

US and Iraqi forces killed 18 Mahdi Army fighters and captured nine in Baghdad. US and Iraqi force captured 15 al Qaeda operatives and 38 insurgents during operation in Iraq. A Sadrist spokesman said Muqtada is in Iraq.

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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