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US and Iraqi security forces detained 135 suspected Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad. An Iraqi military spokesman said Mosul has been cleared of al Qaeda. Mosul's mayor survived the fourth assassination attempt in 10 days while four Iraqi troops were killed in an IED attack. One Iraqi soldier was killed and five wounded in an attack on their base in Diyala province. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 17 during raids.