Coalition forces detained 16 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids in the central and northern Iraq. US troops captured two Special Groups leader in Rashid, a Special Groups leader in New Baghdad, and two Hezbollah Brigades associates also in New Baghdad. Three policemen in Dhi Qhar were detained for plotting assassinations of government officials. One Iraqi soldier was killed and eight were wounded in an IED attack in Buhriz in Diyala province.
