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US forces in Iraq detain members of Iran-backed militant group

Two suspected members of an Iranian-backed militant group were captured and another one was killed by US forces on Wednesday.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 14:07 December 3, 2008
  • Gulf News

Baghdad: Two suspected members of an Iranian-backed militant group were captured and another one was killed by US forces on Wednesday.

The three belong to an insurgent group called Katai'b Hezbollah, the US military said in a statement. Four other suspected members of the group were detained on Monday.

US forces launched early morning raids in Baghdad's Karrada district, detaining two suspected leaders of a Katai'b Hezbollah cell at one residence.

At a second location, a man attacked US-led forces as they tried to enter a building and was killed, it said.

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