Iraq

Security forces detained 18 al Qaeda operatives in Saadiya, three members of an al Qaeda assassination team in Diyala, and eight wanted men in Basrah. Insurgents killed a policeman and attempted to assassinate a member of parliament in Baghdad.

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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