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Iraq
Police arrest tens of militiamen southern Baghdad
2008-03-16
(KUNA) -- Tens of militiamen were arrested on Saturday in the Iraqi city of al-Kout, the largest city in the Wasset Province South of Baghdad, due to reoccurrence of clashes between security forces and militias.

Storming operations to track down militiamen took place throughout the city's neighborhoods, which resulted in the arrests, including 25 suspects on the wanted list, an Iraqi police source told KUNA. Huge amount of weapons and explosives were confiscated during the raids, the source added, yet failed to report the exact number of arrests. Two Iraqi policemen were killed and ten others were injured due to clashes that took place yesterday at the city which borders Iran.

Office of Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr plausibly denied relations with perpetrators of the attacks, describing them as a "group of outlaws". The clashes came few days after the Sadr's al-Mahdi Army militia was waived to defend itself against any attacks executed "exclusively" by coalition forces in Iraq.
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