Operation Iron Reaper has begun in the north. The head of the Diyala Salvation Council escaped an assassination attempt. Iraqi soldiers killed eight al Qaeda fighters and wounded four in Diyala. Kirkuk police arrested 12 insurgent suspects in Hawijah; Iraqi soldiers captured another 17. One al Qaeda operative was killed and 16 captured during raids nationwide.
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