US, Iraqis strike in Baghdad

03 January 2007 - 02:00
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BAGHDAD - US troops killed a suspected al-Qaeda weapons dealer and two other people in Baghdad yesterday and Iraqi forces have detained more than 60 suspects over the past week, the US military said.

BAGHDAD - US troops killed a suspected al-Qaeda weapons dealer and two other people in Baghdad yesterday and Iraqi forces have detained more than 60 suspects over the past week, the US military said.

Among those detained were a suspected "foreign-fighter facilitator" and members of a bomb-making cell, the military said. - Sapa-AP