Iraqi forces detain 1,000 in al Qaeda push
                   
thestar.com.my     May 17, 2008            

By Aws Qusay and Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki returned to Baghdad on Saturday after... [read full story]                    


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