Iraq

US and Iraq troops killed 48 Mahdi Army fighter in clashes in Sadr City. A Mahdi Army commander was killed by a gunman in Basrah. Iraqi soldiers detained five Mahdi Army fighters in Basrah. Iraqi security forces captured 52 insurgents in Baghdad. Three US soldiers were killed in a mortar attack in eastern Baghdad.

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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