Iraq

Coalition forces captured five Special Groups operatives in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained 10 insurgents in Diyala and nine in Mosul. Awakening forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Samarra. Three soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a suicide attack north of Mosul. The K3 oil refinery in Haditha has been reopened.

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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