A purported Iraqi soldier killed two US soldiers and wounded six during a joint patrol in Mosul. Iraqi forces detained 130 suspects in Basrah and 32 insurgents in Diyala. Iraqi troops also arrested al Qaeda’s “number one butcher” and an emir in Diyala. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 16 more, and killed one Hezbollah Brigades operative and captured two in Baghdad.
