US forces kill 10 militants in Iraq
Afp, Baghdad
US forces killed 10 militants and detained nearly a dozen more in a series of operations targeting al-Qaeda networks in Iraq yesterday, the military said. Six militants were killed in the region of Karmah in the western province of Anbar when US forces raided a safe house allegedly used by a Libyan foreign fighter involved in suicide bombings in Iraq, it said. Three suspects were detained, including one who was wounded in the exchange of fire with the troops, it said. Another four militants were killed in a raid near Zaydon, also in Anbar, the military said, adding two suspects were arrested. Troops also found a truck rigged with wires and other car bomb making equipment. In the northern city of Mosul, a suspected smuggler and four others were captured after reports that the group was involved in bomb attacks.
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