BAGHDAD - The US military says two Shia militia leaders have surrendered during American raids on their homes south of Baghdad. A statement from the military says one of the men is suspected of ordering attacks on US troops, directing the kidnapping of Iraqis and smuggling Iranian weapons and Katyusha rockets into Iraq.
It says the other suspect tried to flee by wading through an irrigation canal, before surrendering Friday. The statement says the men are members of ‘special groups’ _ language the US uses to describe Shia fighters defying a cease-fire order by anti-American cleric Muqtada Al Sadr. |