Eleven foreign fighters killed, hundreds arrested
US and Iraqi forces have killed 11 foreign fighters and arrested 805 others throughout Iraq last week, a statement by the Multinational Force said Monday.
The statement said joint US-Iraqi forces launched 182 operations in the week ending August 5th in different parts of Iraq. Some 109 explosive charge devices and 22 arms caches were seized. According to the statement, the joint force demolished a house laden with explosives in the town of Haklaniya west of Baghdad. In the city of Sadr near Baghdad, security forces arrested a 10-member terrorist cell. No further details were available.
Posted by: Fred 2005-08-08 |