150 nabbed in Baghdad sweep

Baghdad: US and Iraqi forces have arrested 150 people following a two-week security crackdown in Baghdad, the US military said on Tuesday.

Rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, automatic machine guns, sniper rifles and anti- tank mines were also seized in the raids north of Baghdad.

The suspects were believed to have been involved in an attack on the Ad Dawr police headquarters in February, which killed 12 policemen, the US said.

More than 500 American paratroopers took part in the operation, it said.