44 militants arrested in Iraq swoop

Last updated: January 01, 2008 | 15:52

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Iskandariya, Iraq: Iraqi and US security forces have arrested 44 suspected militants in the town of Iskandariya.

Elsewhere in Iraq, one policeman was killed and two others were wounded in clashes with gunmen in the town of Balad, north of Baghdad.

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