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Friday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 7 Wounded
Antiwar.com Original — ... In Mosul , a blast wounded five people . A barber was shot dead and another person was injured in Baquba . Barbers have often been targets for violence because of the perception that their jobs are too Western. Gunmen killed an Awakening Council member in Rashad . The body of a Peshmerga fighter was discovered near Kirkuk . A bombing in Jurf al-Milah left one wounded . Four men suspected of planting an I.E.D. were arrested in Kut . Police are searching for four other men who may be members of the Iranian ...

Iraqi forces search for Qods Force agents
The Long War Journal — ... operates on the streets in an effort to detain the men. The Qods Force agents are wanted for "armed operations against Iraqi security personnel and civilians," an Iraqi security official told Voices of Iraq. "The security authorities in Kut appealed to local residents to report these dangerous persons who are wanted on charges of involvement in terrorist operations in Iraq." The campaign was announced the same day that Iraqi security forces detained four Special Groups operatives in Al Kut and three members of the Mahdi Army offshoot Promise ...