Iraq

Iraqi security forces detained 13 al Qaeda operatives in Baghdad and northern Iraq, 13 wanted men in Basrah, seven Promised Day Brigades members in Baghdad, and a Naqshabandiya group member south of Kirkuk. Two bombs were detonated in Mosul but no casualties were reported.

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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