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Insurgents killed an Awakening leader and two family members in Kirkuk. Security forces detained two al Qaeda operatives in Basrah and 10 wanted men in Maysan.

The government executed four al Qaeda operatives, including Manaf al Rawi, the former emir for Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq executed three oil workers and captured two more at a Korea Gas Company camp in Al Qaim in Anbar province.

An al Qaeda suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a police station in Tikrit, killing nine Iraqis. Two policemen and a civilian were gunned down in Baghdad.

Al Qaeda in Iraq fighters gunned down the deputy director of the counterterrorism agency in Tikrit. Police dismantled two car bombs in Mosul. China will soon be drilling one-third of Iraq’s oil.

Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 23 people in a string of five bombings at Shia mosques in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Police arrested four “gunmen” south of Kirkuk.

Insurgents killed five people in attacks in Iraq. In one attack, in Tuz Khormato, the head of a local council and a council member were killed. Two policemen and a civilian were killed in attacks in Baghdad.

Insurgents killed five soldiers in two separate attacks in Mosul and a politician in Baghdad. US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Iraq of aiding the Syrian government by permitting weapons to pass through its border.

Security forces captured al Qaeda’s mufti, or religious emir, for Babil province and 19 “wanted gunmen” in Baghdad. Al Qaeda killed two people in attacks that targeted the Awakening in Abu Ghraib.

A politician was gunned down outside of his home in Fallujah. Police arrested nine “wanted men” in Maysan. Soldiers captured two men as they were rigging car bombs in Baghdad.

At least 59 Iraqis were killed in a series of more than 20 attacks in Baghdad, Anbar, Babil, and Ninewa provinces. Attacks included suicide bombers, car bombs, IEDs, and armed assaults. The attacks were likely carried out by al Qaeda.

Insurgents killed nine Iraqis in a car bombing in Basra. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed last week’s suicide assault on the Justice Ministry.

An al Qaeda in Iraq suicide assault team killed seven policemen and 15 civilians in an attack on the Justice and Interior Ministries in Baghdad. Forty-one Iraqi tribes denounced al Qaeda’s attempts to hijack peaceful demonstrations.

Insurgents killed a politician at a mosque and a child at an election center in Mosul. Protesters in Ramadi captured a wanted al Qaeda fighter. The provincial council in Anbar postponed elections due to security concerns.