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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2006 – Iraqi and coalition forces freed a kidnap victim and detained two terrorists in Muqdadiya, Iraq, and combined operations yielded more than 35 suspected insurgents and seven weapons caches last week in Anbar province, military officials in Iraq reported. Iraqi army and coalition forces discovered a cache, freed a kidnap victim and detained two terrorists yesterday in the town of Muqdadiya. Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and Company A, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Lightning, discovered the cache and kidnap victim after a local citizen...

Immigration Service officials today detained seven foreign nationals under the home secretary's powers to deport individuals for reasons of national security. The seven, understood to all be men, were held early this morning in operations across London and at one address in Manchester. Officers from the Metropolitan police and Greater Manchester police supported the immigration officials. The seven will be held in undisclosed secure prison accommodation pending deportation proceedings, the Home Office said. The Home Office said the deportation orders had been made using the Immigration Act 1971 rather than the home secretary's new deportation powers, which were extended after...