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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.

An al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bomber killed three people in an April 5 attack in Baaj west of Mosul. Three Iraqis were killed in two IED attacks near a Shia shrine in Baghdad. Five terrorists were detained in Baghdad.

Insurgents killed six members of a family in Baghdad and an Iraqi soldier in Kirkuk. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda in Iraq judge in Diyala province.

Insurgents killed two US soldiers on April 3 in an indirect fire attack and two Iraqi policemen in Mosul. Iran shelled villages in the northern Iraqi province of Sulaimaniyah.

Security forces detained 20 wanted men in Basrah and Maysan. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed it carried out last week’s suicide assault on the Salahadin provincial center that killed more than 50 people.

A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi Army colonel, a captain, and a soldier outside a mosque in Fallujah. Terrorists killed four soldiers and two policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in Ramadi. Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter in Kirkuk.

Security forces captured an al Qaeda in Iraq leader and three fighters in Mosul, and three insurgents in Al Kut. Insurgents killed a civilian in a Katyusha rocket attack in Diwaniyah.

An al Qaeda in Iraq suicide assault team killed 53 people during an assault on the Tikrit provincial center. Insurgents killed two civilians in Baghdad. Security forces arrested 12 wanted men in Basrah.

Insurgents killed six women and a young man in an attack on their home in Mosul. Three terrorists were killed when their car detonated prematurely in Baghdad. Kurdish Peshmerga forces withdrew from areas of Kirkuk.

Insurgents killed two civilians in Baghdad and Mosul. Security forces broke up two al Qaeda in Iraq cells in Babil. Ansar al Sunnah vowed to continue fighting the Iraqi government.

Insurgents killed a professor and a soldier in Baghdad, and another soldier in Mosul. Security forces detained seven wanted men in Diyala and three more in Kirkuk, and four insurgents in Diwaniyah.

The Islamic Army, HAMAS – Iraq, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, the Mujahideen Army, the Rashidin Army, and the Shariah Commission of Ansar al Sunnah are said to be in reconciliation talks with the Iraqi government. Security forces arrested 18 wanted men in Kirkuk.

Insurgents killed two civilians in Baghdad and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Amiriyah. The Minister of National Reconciliation said five “armed groups” have laid down their arms.

Two police officers were killed in shootings in Baghdad. A policeman was killed during clashes with protesters in Halabja. Security forces arrested 10 wanted men in Basrah.