Iraq

Insurgents killed four civilians in attacks in Mosul and Kirkuk. Security forces detained al Qaeda’s second in command for Diyala province and two al Qaeda operatives near Mosul. Muqtada al Sadr is visiting Syria.

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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