Iraqi forces detained 37 insurgents during operations in Diyala province, including four senior al Qaeda leaders, and arrested 48 Mahdi Army fighters in Nasiriyah. Two Special Groups operatives were captured in Qurna. Iraqi troops killed two terrorists and captured five in Mosul. Coalition forces detained 15 al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq. Twelve Iraqis were killed and 23 wounded in a car bombing in Baghdad.
