Iraq

A US air weapons team killed two Awakening fighters as they planted roadside bombs near their checkpoint on a road north of Taji. Ten Awakening fighters were reportedly detained in Baghdad. A policeman was killed after insurgents attacked his home in Qadissiya. An electrical tower was damaged in a bombing near Kirkuk.

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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