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BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (KUNA) -- American troops have killed three members of
Al-Qaeda and arrested 34 others in action in central and northern Iraq, the
American Army said in a statement released on Saturday.
The troops burst into a building north of the city of Tikrit, searching for
a leading member of Al-Qaeda. Aircraft attacked the building after gunmen
entrenched in it opened fire in the direction of the regulars. The air attack
killed three of the insurgents, one wearing a belt laden with explosives.
The statement added that 34 members of Al-Qaeda were detained north of
Tirkrit, west of the region Al-Tarmiah and in Mosul.
In Al-Daghara in southern Baghdad, the troops arrested six militiamen in an
identical operation. (end)
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