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BAGHDAD, May 9 (KUNA) - The leadership of the Law Enforcement Forces and US
army asserted here on Wednesday that a total of 97 militants were killed and
injured whereas 276 detainees were released after they were proved innocent
from charges pressed against them.
The Law Enforcement Forces said in a statement, distributed here Wednesday,
that the Coalition forces killed three militants in Al-Mahmoudiya and
Al-Madaen and a total of 73 were arrested in west and east of Al-Rashid,
Al-Karradah and Abu-Ghraib.
The US army said one of its members was killed and 13 others were injured
in a combat.
US army said in a statement that 18 suspects were arrested in raids
targeting Al-Qaeda in Al-Taji, Al-Karmah, Al-Ramadi and Mosul.
The spokesman of law enforcement plan Brigadier Qassim Ata said Iraqi
authorities have lately released a total of 276 individuals who were arrested
in law enforcement operations and that they were tried before the courts after
proven innocent. (end)
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