Iraq

Insurgents killed a US soldier in northern Iraq. Iraqi forces arrested three members of an al Qaeda assassination cell in Diyala. A US military spokesman warned that Iran’s Qods Force and al Qaeda in Iraq will remain a threat after US forces depart.

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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