In Iraq at least 17 people were killed and more than 60 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in the northern town of Sulaiman Bek. The town mayor was among the dead. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has announced the death of 14 U.S. troops. Most were killed in roadside bombings around Baghdad. The Pentagon continues to accuse Iran of supplying the bombs.

Major General Rick Lynch: “There has not been a change. It is still a relatively steady state. That flow from Iran into Iraq is still happening, and now we have insurgents on the ground. That gives us latitude to connect operations that we could not connect before because we did not have the forces available.”