Iraq

[UPDATE2] A pickup filled with chlorine gas cannisters was blown up in southwest Baghdad, killing 5 and wounding 75. A suicide bomber detonated outside the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf killed 13 and wounded 23. Citizens and police in Jumaylah attacked an al Qaeda convoy attempting to enter the town. Seven al Qaeda were killed and 13 captured in raids in Ramadi, Fallujah and Baqubah. teh Iraqi courts convicted 23, including terrorists from Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Yemen.

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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