Iraq

Thirteen Iraqis were killed and 49 were wounded in two suicide attacks outside of Shia mosques in Baghdad. The Iraqi government has assumed control over 45,000 members of the Sons of Iraq in Baghdad. Iraqi forces captured seven Special Groups operatives during raids throughout central Iraq and five more in Basrah. US troops captured two Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured six al Qaeda operatives in Mosul.

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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