Iraq

Insurgents killed three civilians, a soldier, and an Army officer in attacks in Baghdad and Salahadin. Thirty-five prisoners convicted of terrorism charges escaped from a Mosul jail; 21 have been recaptured. Muqtada al Sadr called on Iraqis to rise up against the government.

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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