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BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi military has launched Monday wide-scale
military operations in Babylon, southern Iraq, resulting in the arrest of
about 40 gunmen.
A security source told KUNA that the Iraqi military has executed an
operation in Muwailha area which is part of Alexandria town in Babylon. The
raid operation resulted in the seizure of weapon caches, said the source.
Iraqi troops killed Sunday seven terrorists in Beiji town north of Baghdad
and arrested 12 others. (end)
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