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  • Coalition troops arrest 210 suspected militants

    12/01/2004 6:51:21 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 7 replies · 232+ views
    Sun Times ^ | Dec 1, 2004 | Slobodan Lekic
    Multinational troops have arrested 210 suspected militants in a weeklong crackdown against insurgents in an area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death," the U.S. military command said Wednesday. The announcement of the arrests came as Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who arrived in Jordan late Tuesday, prepared to meet with influential Iraqis living abroad and the host nation's king in a bid to drum up support for Iraq's Jan. 30 elections. Allawi has sought to play down expectations that his meetings would mark a breakthrough in curbing the violence ahead of elections, saying Jordan was simply the first...