Thursday has been relatively quiet in Iraq, as al Qaeda in Iraq appears to have spent its energy on a major offensive conducted in Diyala, Niwena, and Kirkuk on Wednesday. A significant number of Iraqi Army units have redeployed to secure Baghdad, and al Qaeda and other insurgent groups have exploited the security gap.
Soldiers with the latest Stryker brigade to arrive in Iraq sight a
suspected team of insurgents during a patrol in the Taji area, May 15.
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