Iraq

Security forces detained 18 wanted men in Basrah, five members of al Qaeda IED cells in Rashidiyah and Baqubah, two terrorists in Al Kut, and an insurgent in Mosul. Insurgents killed a civilian in Mosul. Twenty-eight candidates banned from running for office have been reinstated.

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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