Kurdish and Sunni political leaders support the prime minister's actions in Basrah. Coalition forces killed a Mahdi Army fighter in Basrah. Iraqi police detained two Special Groups operatives attempting to launch rockets in Sadr City. An Iraqi Army humanitarian mission was attacked in Sadr City. Two al Qaeda fighters were killed near Samarra and five were killed in Diyala. Three Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded in an IED attack in eastern Baghdad.
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