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Iraq's parliament passed the election law for a second time, sending it back to the presidential council. Iraqi security forces killed a Kuwaiti al Qaeda suicide bomber in Al Qaim and detained 21 wanted men in Basrah, a terrorist commander in Salahadin, an al Qaeda leader in Baqubah, an al Qaeda operative near Kirkuk, and the suspected Special Groups sniper that killed a US soldier in Al Kut. Four Iraqis were wounded in two bombings in Baghdad.