- Iraqi forces have managed to repel the terrorists advancing on the capital and captured two cities back from the terrorists.
- US rules out sending its troops to the country, but has deployed an aircraft carrier group to the Gulf.
- Iran has warned US against military intervention and said that Iraq is capable of defending itself.
- While several Iraqi soldiers had earlier given up arms and uniforms and had abandoned the military, several civilian volunteers have taken up arms to protect their city, but a recruitment centre was attacked, and many were killed.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/iraq-claims-to-have-regained-the-initiative/article6117953.ece
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