Coalition forces detained 20 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Mosul and Bayji, including a leader of the terror group. A US air weapons team killed three armed "criminals" as they were carrying weapons at a known cache site. Members of the Sadrist bloc asked former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to mediate with US troops to end military operations against the Mahdi Army and to resolve the Sadr city crisis.
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