 United States and Iraqi troops have detained at least 120 suspected militants in a series of raids across Iraq this week, the US military said on Tuesday. At least 94 of those captured came from the Baghdad area, said Clifford Kent, a spokesperson for task force Baghdad. He added that weapons and ammunition also had been seized. "You name it, we have it," Kent said. Most of the militants detained in the cordon-and-search operations in Baghdad were believed to be directly involved in recent attacks in the capital. Two were "specifically targeted as members of an execution cell".
| That'd be head choppers and AK artists... |
"These aren't random searches... We are acting on specific, credible information we receive from local citizens who want to join us in the fight against terrorism," said Kent. "We are questioning people in the area and conducting our operations based mainly on this information." |