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US forces raided an office of Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlaq as part of raids on al Qaeda safehouses. Six inurgents were killed. Iraq shut down the Sharkiya TV station for "reporting false news and inciting sectarianism." The Iraqi Army captured 3 al Qaeda cell members near Fallujah. Six insurgents were detained near Yusufiyah.
Chipping Away at the Sectarian Story: An Interview with Quais Abdul Raazzaq
Iraqi Army capture bombers in Mosul
Saddam Hussein was transferred to the Iraqi government and immediately executed by hanging. His last words were "Down with the traitors, the Americans, the spies and the Persians." Saddam was buried in his home town of Awja, near Tikrit. About 75 Iraqis were killed and 125 wounded during attacks throughout the country, including a large suicide bombing in Kufa.
US weighs sending 17,000 to 20,000 more troops to Iraq
Timeline: Saddam's life of bloodshed
[UPDATE 2] A judge said Saddam will hang by Saturday, other officials said within hours (as of 18:41 GMT.) Saddam's lawyers believe he will be executed within days. The US, however, says Saddam is still in their custody. A suicide bomber killed 13 and wounded 17 after attacking a Husseiniya in Khalis.
[UPDATE 1] Two of the Iranians arrested for insurgent activities were released by the US. The Iraqi Army detained 13 in a raid on an insurgent camp in Baqubah. Two al Qaeda terrorists were killed in a raid in Baghdad, while 13 insurgents were arrested in eastern Baghdad. Four terrorists were killed during a raid in Thar Thar.
New Report/Chart: "State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: 2006"
US rotates 3,300-strong 'call-forward' force in Kuwait
Saddam To Iraqis: Don't Hate The Invaders
The Baath party has threatened to strike US interests outside Iraq if Saddam Hussein is executed. Saddam calls his sentence a "sacrifice." The Iraqi Army and US conducted a raid on a Mahdi Army IED facilitator near Najaf. During the raid, a US soldier killed Saheb al-Amir, a senior Sadr aide who was the IED facilitator.
Mattis on the Marines: Pendleton commander upbeat about morale, progress in Iraq
British and Iraqi forces destroyed the headquarters of a Basra police Crimes Unit after receiving intelligence of torture and planned execution of prisoners. A bomb in a Baghdad shopping area killed 10. Four Iranians, including two diplomats, were detained by American forces and released. President Talabani protested the arrests.
Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
Suspected senior al Qaeda weapons dealer captured in Bayji
US Military Urging Iraq to Rein In Guard Force
What a 'troop surge' in Iraq might accomplish
al Qaeda in Iraq Announces "Mighty Raid on the Soldiers of the Crusaders and the Apostates"
