US and Iraq troops killed 15 and captured 56 al Qaeda operatives during raids nationwide. US and Iraqi troops killed 14 Mahdi Army fighters and captured two Special Groups operatives in Baghdad and two more in Hillah. Iraqi troops cleared the Al Latif neighborhood in Basrah. Four US Marines were killed in a bombing in Anbar province.
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