Iraq

A suicide bomber killed 25 civilians and wounded 35 in an attack on a police recruiting station in northern Diyala. Iraqi forces detained 36 insurgents in Baghdad and three in Mosul. Coalition forces captured eight al Qaeda fighters in central and northern Iraq and two Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured four Special Groups operatives in possession of Iranian weapons in Wasit 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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