Nine Iraqis were killed and 40 wounded in a car bombing in Balad; 17 Iraqis were wounded in a car bombing in Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained a Special Groups weapons supplier in Hillah, 15 Shia terrorists in Karbala, and two in possession of SA-7 Strella anti-aircraft missiles in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups operatives in Al Kut. Iraqi forces detained 27 insurgents in Baghdad, five al Qaeda fighters in Makhmour, and four in Mosul. Coalition forces captured 13 al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq.
