Baghdad Operations Command announced the start of security operations in four areas. A statement by the command stated that "Baghdad Operations Command, through the units of the Second Division, Federal Police, begins implementing security operations within the areas of (Jakuk, Al-Tawail, Taji Al-Shamal, and the slums therein) on the Karkh side, to pursue organized and criminal crime gangs, outlaws, and violators of the conditions and controls of the Residency Department, implementing judicial arrest warrants, and enforcement of the law. Source: National Iraqi News Agency