(KUNA) -- US Army announced Friday that Iraqi security forces arrested a militant accused of helping foreign fighters enter Iraq and of attacking Multi-National Forces (MNF) and killing three soldiers of them. US Army statement distributed here Friday said Iraqi security forces broke into the home of Abdullah Haidar Nasir Al-Jabouri in Arab Jabbor district in the southern district of Baghdad.Meanwhile, MNF said Iraqi Army and police performed a wide-range operation and arrested dozens of militants in Tel-Afar town in the Ninawa Governorate. An MNF press release distributed here Friday said Iraqi soldiers and policemen performed last Tuesday Operation Desert Storm in the western region of Ninawa. According to the release, 580 suspected were held for short periods, 36 others were captured to investigate with them, and two arrestees are wanted by the government. Forces also arrested a leader of a militant group, who is accused of relations with attacks that killed civilians and members of local security forces, and a photographer related to Abu Mosaab Al-Zarqawi group and specialized in taking photos of terrorist attacks.