Iraq

The Iraqi government said a court’s decision to postpone a ban on electoral candidates was “illegal.” Six Iraqis were killed in a bombing in Karbala. Security forces detained 22 wanted men north of Baqubah and 14 more in Basrah.

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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