Iraq

Insurgents killed six Shia pilgrims in mortar and bomb attacks in Baghdad. Security forces detained a Hezbollah Brigades operative in Baghdad. General Odierno said UN peacekeepers may be needed in northern Iraq.

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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