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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 18 > Nearly 1,000 detained in anti-al-Qaida crackdown

Nearly 1,000 detained in anti-al-Qaida crackdown

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 18, 2008

BAGHDAD — Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq’s sway in the country’s third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said....

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