Iraqi forces detained 15 wanted men in Kirkuk, eight wanted men in Wasit, seven in Thi Qhar, five al Qaeda fighters in Diyala and a leader in Fallujah who recently returned from Syria. An Iraqi soldier was killed in a bombing in Mosul and six policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Mandali. Three Shia pilgrims were killed and 10 were wounded in a bombing in Baghdad.
