Iraq

Iraqi security forces detained 11 wanted men in Basra, five Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad, three Naqshabandiya fighters in Mosul, and an al Qaeda operative near Kirkuk. Insurgents assassinated a prominent mufti in Ramadi.

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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