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Six people were killed in a mortar attack that targeted Shia pilgrims in Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for the suicide attack that killed 25 people at the Shiite Endowment in Baghdad.

Insurgents killed four Iraqis in shootings and bombings in Baghdad, Balad Ruz, and Kirkuk. A colonel was killed and his family wounded in Baghdad, while a soldier was killed in Kirkuk.

The government executed Abed Hamoud, Saddam Hussein’s private secretary, for ordering assassinations and detentions of political rivals. “Gunmen” killed two Awakening members in northern Baghdad.

A suicide bomber killed 26 Iraqis in an attack on the Shi’ite Endowment in Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq had previously threatened to target Iraqi Shia in Baghdad and elsewhere.

The US has requested that Iraq extradite Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq, who is still in Iraqi custody. Daqduq trained Shia militias on behalf of Iran’s Qods Force and was involved in the kidnapping and murder of US soldiers in Karbala in 2007.

Insurgents killed 18 Iraqis and wounded more than 50 in six bombings in Baghdad. The bombs were detonated near a restaurant, at policemen’s homes, and as a police patrol passed by. A police major was killed in a shooting in Mosul.

A member of the Baghdad provincial council is a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, according to the Baghdad Police Command. Insurgents killed four soldiers and a police officer in Wasit, and three soldiers west of Mosul.

Insurgents killed three soldiers in an IED attack in Badoush near Mosul. A Brigadier General in the Interior Ministry was gunned down in Baghdad.

Insurgents killed three Lebanese Shia pilgrims in Ramadi, three civilians in Baqubah, and two policemen in Kirkuk. The central government informed Turkey that it required permission to build a pipeline to move oil from Kurdistan.

Insurgents killed six people, including four children, at the home of an Awakening member in Baqubah. Iraq wants drones to protect its oil platforms, facilities, and infrastructure.

Insurgents killed a police captain, his wife, and three young children, in an attack at his home in Baghdad. The government is planning on building a $1 billion power plant in Anbar province.

Insurgents killed five people in a bombing at a pet market in Baghdad. Security forces detained five al Qaeda in Iraq fighters in Wasit.

The trial of Vice President Hashemi, who is outside the country, has begun. Security forces arrested five Ansar al Sunnah members in Kirkuk and “four Syrian infiltrators” in Mosul.

Insurgents killed five Iraqis in bombings in Fallujah and a policeman in a bombing in Kirkuk. Iraq is poised to overtake Iran as the number one oil producer in OPEC.

Insurgents killed four Iraqis in attacks in Ramadi and Baghdad. The Kurdistan Regional Government denied that it was hosting the Israeli Mossad.