roadside bomb Baghdad, Dec 7, SPA -- U.S. troops have captured 34 Iraqis,including 10 wanted for making explosive devices to attackcoalition forces, the military said Tuesday. South ofBaghdad, a roadside bomb killed three Iraqi NationalGuardsmen. Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division detained sevenmembers of a car bomb-making cell Monday evening in AsSiniyah, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of Baghdad.Another seven people, including three suspects wanted formaking roadside bombs, were captured during raids Monday inTikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, about 130 kilometers (80miles) north of Baghdad. During a search of one house, soldiers found threehomemade bombs, a weapon that has been used to deadlyeffect against hundreds of American and Iraqi soldierssince the onset of the war last year. Several hundred U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested 20suspected militants Sunday in the southern Baghdad districtof Rashid following a short firefight, the military said ina statement Tuesday. In the roadside bombing, the Iraqi National Guardsmen werepatrolling an area near Jebala, about 65 kilometers (40miles) south of Baghdad, when the attack occurred, an IraqiNational Guard official said on condition of anonymity.--SPA1445 Local Time 1145 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/223010
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