Iraq

The Abu Soda tribe fought al Qaeda in Anbar province, and was backed by Coalition support. The tribe claims it killed 55 al Qaeda and arrested 25. Mahdi Army devotees stoned PM Maliki’s car as he toured Sadr City.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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