Operation Augurs of Prosperity
Major-General Mohammed al-Askari reported that the Iraqi security forces had achieved half of the goals set for the operation.Despite a decrease in violence, partly attributable to Awakening Councils, groups formed by Sunni sheiks and supported by American forces, attacks remained at high levels.[20] On 29 July, the Diyala Operational Command imposed a curfew throughout the province, restricting all unofficial vehicle movement, and a number of checkpoints were set up in the capital, Baqubah.[22] On 31 July, Iraqi forces captured Abu Anas al-Baghdadi, Islamic State of Iraq's media expert in the country, as well as four members of the Mujahideen Shura Council during a raid in western Diyala.[25][26] By 5 August, Iraqi forces had captured a number of key Islamic State of Iraq leaders, including Qussai Ali Khalaf, the head of Islamic State of Iraq in Diyala; Adnan Gumer Mohammed, Basem al Safaah and Antisar Khudair, a woman suspected of recruiting female suicide bombers.