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US army kills, arrests 41 militants in Anbar

BAGHDAD, July 23 (KUNA) -- The US army announced on Monday it has killed and arrested nearly 51 militants in a wide-scale military operation in Anbar city west of Iraq.
An army statement said that a US F-16 jet raided last Saturday a truck of the militants destroying in total.
The statement added that the operation in the Euphrates delta in the past four days killed four terrorists and arrested 37 others including five highly wanted by the authorities.
The army did not name the five highly wanted arrestees. (end) aha.tg KUNA 231458 Jul 07NNNN