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15:58 GMT, Monday, 18 August 2008 16:58 UK

US captures Iraqi 'al-Qaeda men'

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US-led forces have made further arrests in a continuing campaign aimed at disrupting Sunni militants linked to al-Qaeda, the US military says.

Eight of the arrests took place in Baghdad, while a further two were captured in the northern city of Mosul and one in Baiji further south.

Soldiers carried out several raids on Sunday and Monday.

The announcement comes a day after a suicide bomber killed 15 people in a predominantly Sunni area of Baghdad.

US forces say one suspect picked up during a raid in the capital is thought to be a go-between for al-Qaeda and other extremist groups operating south of the capital.

In Baiji, the US military said they captured a man wanted for his links to al-Qaeda's foreign terrorist and bombing networks in the Tigris River Valley.

And in Mosul they said they detained two suspects connected with the movement of foreign militiamen into the country.



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