(VOI) -- The U.S. army said on Monday that its forces arrested 30 al-Qaeda gunmen in Iraq and raided their hideouts during operations in central and northern Iraq. "Coalition forces captured two wanted men and detained 28 additional suspected terrorists while targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq in central and northern parts of the country Monday," the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI)."Coalition forces detained two wanted men and five additional suspects during an operation in Abu Ghraib, about 25 kilometers west of Baghdad. One of the men is reportedly an AQI leader who oversees attacks. The other wanted man is allegedly a bomb-maker and emplacer in an AQI attack cell," it added. "Using information from an operation Jun. 24, Coalition forces in Mosul targeted a man believed to oversee financial operations for AQI in Ninawa province. They detained one suspect, and seven additional suspects were detained in another operation targeting an AQI senior leader."
"Tips from local residents helped Coalition forces envelop a village southwest of Mosul that is reportedly a hideout for AQI facilitators and smugglers coming in from Syria. Fifteen suspects were detained," the statement also said.