The Iraqi Army has begun an offensive against the Mahdi Army in Maysan province. The US Army detained a senior Mahdi Army commander in Baghdad. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured two Mahdi Army operatives in Baghdad. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 18 in central Iraq. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 15 raids in and around Mosul. The Mosul SWAT captured three al Qaeda fighters. Thirty-four Iraqis were wounded in a female suicide bomb attack in Baghdad.
