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215, killed, 600 injured, 155 arrested within "Charge of the Knights) operration

BAGHDAD, March 31 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi Interior istry announced on Monday that some 215 militants were killed during the past week in the clashes that erupted in the southern city of Basra within the framework of the "Charge of the Knights" operation supervised by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
According to medical sources, some 109 people were also killed in the Sadr city in similar clashes.
Director of the National Center Command in the INterior Ministry Major general Abdelkareem Khalaf said that 210 peoples were killed and 600 others were wounded in Basra during the pask within the framework of the "Charge of the Knights" operation.
In Baghdad, the law imposition command announced today that 257 people were killed or arrested during the past 24 hours Baghdad and its suburbs.
A statement by the command said that the operations also resulted in the death of three militants in Al-Madaen area south of here and the arrest of 64 wanted elements and 190 suspects iAl-kazmiya, Al-Mansour, west of Al-Rasheed, Al-Rasafa Al-Markaz, Al-Aathamia, Sadr city and Al-mahmoudiya. (end) aha.tg KUNA 311618 Mar 08NNNN