Iraq

The Iraqi government integrated 9,000 Sons of Iraq members into Baghdad’s police force. Three US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an IED attack in Ninewa province. A US solider was killed in an EFP attack in eastern Baghdad. US troops killed seven Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained eight Special Groups operatives. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 12.

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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