Iraq

Ten Awakening fighters were killed and 24 were wounded in a mortar attack on their checkpoint in Baqubah. Two US soldiers were killed and three wounded in a shooting in Salman Pak. Iraqi security forces detained 37 Mahdi Army fighters in Hillah. US and Iraqi forces arrested a senior al Qaeda leader in Salahadin province.

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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