If that's the picture that actually goes with the story, the other 75 must be squatting elsewhere.In the capital, about 600 Iraqi army soldiers and 250 US soldiers took part in Operation Muthana Strike, which began early on Monday and targeted alleged safe houses of armed fighters in neighbourhoods near the west side of Baghdad airport, the military said in a statement.
At least 100 men, including alleged foreign fighters, were arrested, the military said.
Always with the nice round numbers reported rather than an actual count. And always with the foreign fighters.
The joint US-Iraqi raid, which the military said was based on tip-offs from local residents, was designed to detain suspects, seize illegal weapons and gain intelligence to disrupt future attacks.
"The success of the Iraqi army demonstrates their level of training and high commitment to rid Iraq of terrorists," said US Colonel Kenneth Roberts in the statement.[...]
Elsewhere, gunmen in Baghdad killed an Iraqi painting contractor who worked with a US military base, doctors said. Umar Uthman and a friend were driving on Baghdad's dangerous airport road on Monday morning when the assailants opened fire. Uthman's friend was wounded.
Separately, the Iraqi army found the beheaded corpse of an unidentified man with his hands tied behind his back on Monday in Bani Zaid village, north of Baghdad, police said.
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