Iraq

Iraqi intelligence believes al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al Masri and other senior leader are sheltering in a village in Diyala province. Two Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded in separate suicide and IED attacks in Mosul. A female suicide bomber killed three Iraqis while trying to target a Baghdad council leader. Iraqi forces captured five Special Groups operatives during raids in Baghdad and Qaddisiyah provinces.

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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