Iraq

Security forces in Mosul killed the governor of Ninewa for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq. Insurgents killed six people and looted foreign exchanges in Baqubah. The foreign minister said al Qaeda in Iraq is likely to take revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death.

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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