Eighty-five Insurgents Killed in U.S. Raid in Iraq

  • 12/15/2022
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Baghdad, March 24, SPA -- U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 85 militants at a suspected training camp along the marshy shores of a remote lake, one of the highest guerrilla death tolls of the two-year insurgency, officials said Wednesday evening. They said citizens emboldened by the January elections are increasingly turning in intelligence tips. The raid at Lake Tharthar in central Iraq turned up booby-trapped cars, suicide-bomber vests, weapons and training documents, Iraqi Maj. Gen. Rashid Feleih told state television. "What's really remarkable is that the citizens this time really took the initiative to provide us with very good information," Feleih said. In three days, according to Iraqi and U.S. officials' accounts, troops have killed at least 128 insurgents nationwide, culminating in the announcement of Tuesday's attack by Iraqi commandos, backed by U.S. air and ground fire.--SPA1125 Local Time 0825 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/249473

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