Coalition forces killed two Special Groups fighters in Oubaidy, and captured two in Baghdad and one in Zafaraniyah. US troops captured four al Qaeda operatives in Mosul. Iraqi troops captured 15 Sunni terrorists in raids throughout Iraq. Three policemen and four civilians were killed in a clash with the Mahdi Army in Maysan province. A US soldier was killed in a mortar attack in Diyala province. An Iraqi intelligence chief and two of his children were wounded in an IED attack.