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Insurgents killed two Iraqis in Kirkuk and the Baghdad governor’s secretary in the capital. Security forces detained two al Qaeda operatives in Wasit, three members of an IED cell in Baghdad, and seven wanted men in Kirkuk.

Security forces detained seven al Qaeda in Iraq fighters during raids in Kirkuk. Two soldiers and two local Kurdish security forces were reported to have been killed during a clash in Kirkuk. More than 14,000 Iraqis have gone missing since the Iraq war began in March 2003.

Insurgents killed two US soldiers “while conducting operations in southern Iraq,” and a police captain and a soldier in Kirkuk. Four people were wounded in a bombing near a Christian church in Baghdad.

Admiral Mullen said Iraq must decide in the next several weeks if it wants to extend the US military mission in Iraq. Insurgents killed two Iraqi civilians, a police colonel, and an intelligence officer in separate attacks in Baghdad.

Iraq has not requested an extension for US troops to remain in country. Security forces captured al Qaeda’s emir for Fallujah.

Insurgents killed a child in Samarra and a student in Mosul. Security forces detained 33 wanted men, including two Pakistanis and an Egyptian, in Basrah, and six insurgents in Kirkuk.

Al Qaeda fighters killed 13 tribesmen associated with the Awakening in a village near Baghdad. Al Qaeda suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside the Green Zone, killing nine Iraqis.

Insurgents killed five people, including a policeman, in separate shootings in Baghdad. An employee for the National Security Agency was killed in a bombing in Baghdad. Insurgents also killed a policeman in Mosul and a contractor in Kirkuk.

Insurgents killed an Iraqi National Policeman in an attack in Baghdad and a policeman in Kirkuk. Security forces captured four terrorists in Baghdad and two more in Kirkuk.

A sniper killed two Iraqi soldiers in Khalis near Baqubah. Security forces captured an emir of Ansar al Sunnah in Diyala during a raid in Ninewa.

The UN said that 34 members of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq were killed by Iraqi troops during rioting at Camp Arshaf. A former Baathist is accused of “recruiting Arab terrorists in Syria and Jordan ” to carry out attacks in Iraq.

One person was killed and 16 more were wounded in a car bombing in Kirkuk. Security forces detained three wanted men in Kirkuk. A member of parliament said that turning over members of the People’s Mujahideen of Iran to Iran would be unconstitutional.

Insurgents killed nine Iraqis, including four policemen, in attacks in and around Baghdad. Security forces detained three wanted men in Kirkuk. The defense minister wanted the PMOI out of Iraq by the end of the year.

Insurgents killed 19 Iraqis in bombings in Diyala, Fallujah, and Baghdad. Two bomb disposal policemen were killed while trying to disarm one of the bombs in Fallujah.

Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and a government worker in Baghdad. Security forces arrested six Mujahideen-e-Khalq members in Diyala.

Security forces killed three “gunmen” in Anbar. Insurgents killed a university professor in Mosul and a school teacher in Fallujah. Police killed five kidnappers during a shootout in Bayji; the kidnapped man was also killed in the shootout.

Iraqi troops clashed with members of the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq terrorist group at Camp Arshaf. Reports on casualties conflict; Iraqi government says three people were killed while the MEK claimed 31 were killed. Security forces detained two wanted men in Al Kut.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said US troops could stay in Iraq after the December 2011 withdrawal deadline if Iraq’s government makes the request. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Anbar province.