The Amarah SWAT teams detained the second-in-command of the Special Groups in the Maysan Province in Basrah. Police defused two 240-mm caliber rockets in Amarah. Iraqi forces detained 39 "wanted individuals" in Baghdad. Coalition forces detained eight al Qaeda operatives. Twelve Iraqis were killed in two bombings in Baghdad.
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