Iraq

Iraqi Security Forces captured 66 insurgents south of Mosul, 11 al Qaeda operatives in northern Iraq, eight wanted men in Nasariyah, and eight insurgents in Kirkuk. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and captured 18 more. Iraqi troops captured an “Iranian infiltrator” in Al Kut while US forces killed a Hezbollah Brigades operative and captured two others. Three Iraqis were killed and 23 were wounded in bombings in Baghdad. A car bomb attack wounded 15 Iraqis outside of a stadium 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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