Up to 11 insurgents were killed and 70 others were arrested by the Iraqi forces during operations and an armed confrontation in the south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. A statement for the Iraqi Defense Ministry affirmed Monday that the Iraqi forces, backed up by the US forces killed 11 insurgents and arrested 57 others in a security operation conducted in Al-Mahmoudiyah town in the province of Babel in southern Iraq.The statement added that nine other insurgents were arrested in Jabla area near Al-Mahmoudiyah, where weapons and explosives that were in their possession were confiscated. Another four insurgents were arrested in Babel. About 70 insurgents were killed on Sunday during armed confrontations an air raid conducted by the US forces against strongholds of insurgents in Anbar in western Iraq.