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Published Oct 03 2009 by The Middle East

Northern Iraq security crackdown snares 150 insurgents

Security forces arrested more than 150 people, including Al-Qaeda leaders and Arab fighters, in a massive crackdown on insurgents in northern Nineveh province, Iraq's most violent region, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

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