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US, Iraq troops arrest hundreds of Shiites
More than 400 people in southwest Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhoods have been arrested, witnesses said.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:10 May 24, 2008
Baghdad: More than 400 people in southwest Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhoods have been arrested, witnesses said.
A spokesman for the Shiite movement of cleric Moqtada Al Sadr said that US and Iraqi soldiers arrested the Shiites during a raid in a mosque in Al Amal.
Some of those arrested were old men or teenagers.
"Iraqi and US soldiers picked up more than 400 people...including old men and even children," said Sadr movement spokesman Hamadallah Al Rikabi.
He said there were no search warrants presented during the raid.
Army spokesman Qassim Atta confirmed the search operation, but said troops only arrested “wanted suspects'' and seized several caches of arms and explosives.
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