Iraq

Security forces detained 12 al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah and four more in northern Iraq, and a Mahdi Army fighter in Baghdad. Insurgents killed two soldiers in Amarah, an Awakening fighter in Diyala, and two civilians in Mosul.

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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