Coalition forces captured two propaganda experts from the Hezbollah Brigades during operations in the Mansour district of Baghdad. US forces captured an al Qaeda in Iraq leader and four associates. Iraqi security forces captured 12 al Qaeda operatives in Diyala and seven Shia extremists in Basrah. An IED attack killed two Iraqis and wounded seven in Mosul. US soldier and an interpreter were killed in an IED attack in Baghdad.