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Iraqi security forces arrested 19 wanted men in Basrah. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups smuggler and financier for Al Kut and a leader in Mahawil near Hillah. Iraqi soldiers found four EFPs amongst weapons caches in Sadr City. Iraqi troops killed five al Qaeda operatives and captured five in Baqubah. Police arrested a senior leader int he al Qaeda linked Mustafa Army in Mosul.

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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