Iraq

Iraqi troops detained the deputy leader of Ansar al Islam along with the group’s chief financier and eight other operatives during a raid in Mosul. Police killed an insurgent in Mosul. Security forces detained 21 insurgents in Ramadi, six al Qaeda operatives in Jalawlaa, and an al Qaeda commander in Khanaqin.

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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