A suicide bomber killed 30 in Tikrit. Iraqi security forces killed 6 and detained 36, including an al Qaeda "prince" (or emir). Over 140 were arrested in Baghdad sweeps. The vice-minister of health is " facing charges of aiding the militia of the Mahdi Army by appointing many of its members in the ministry."
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