Iraq

An al Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his vest during a raid in Mosul. Three women, three children, and five terrorists were killed in the explosion. Iraqi forces captured two al Qaeda emirs and nine fighters in Buhriz and detained six al Qaeda operatives during operations in northern Iraq.

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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