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A blast at a bomb-making factory in Mosul killed 12 civilians and wounded 132. A car bomb attack in Kirkuk killed five and wounded 12. US forces killed 30 al Qaeda operatives and captured 21 during operations in Diyala. Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 16 during operations in Baghdad, Mosul, and near Samarra. Iraqi security forces detained two al Qaeda leaders and three suspects during raids in Balad and Hawija. US troops captured an EFP cell member in Baghdad.