Iraq

Prime Minister Maliki urged the Kurdish Regional Government to hand over Vice President Hashimi, who is wanted for terrorism charges. Insurgents killed an Awakening leader in Abu Ghraib. Security forces detained 16 suspected terrorists in Basrah.

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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