Iraq

Seventy Iraqis, including Shia pilgrims and five soldiers, were killed in a series of coordinated bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Hillah, Karbala, and Balad. Al Qaeda in Iraq likely executed the attack. Two AQI fighters were arrested in Wasit.

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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