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New pressure on Mehdi Army
The US military said joint Iraqi and American operations had led to 16 "high-level" Mehdi Army militiamen being detained and one commander being killed.The Americans said the number of Mehdi Army members in detention now stood at over 600, a figure higher than that given by Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, only a week earlier. But this was said to be a result of 52 operations carried out over a six-week period and, pointedly, the statement giving details of these moves against the Mehdi Army also said there had been 42 raids targeting Sunni extremists. Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-09 |
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