Iraq

A suicide bomber killed 23 in an attack in Khalis. Iraq freed two Iranians held for years by the US. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Basrah and two insurgents in 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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