Troops kill 8 insurgents, capture 26

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Troops kill 8 insurgents, capture 26
By Lauren Frayer - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Feb 8, 2008 11:14:41 EST

BAGHDAD — U.S. troops killed eight suspected insurgents and captured 26 — including an alleged Shiite militia leader — in two days of raids across Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday.

The eight were killed Thursday and Friday in separate raids targeting al-Qaida in Iraq across the country’s central and northern regions, the military said. At least 22 others were detained in those operations, it said.

In a separate statement issued Friday, the military said rogue militiamen continue to launch “hit and run attacks” on U.S. and Iraqi forces from Sadr City.

There were at least six attacks on American troops in two sections of Sadr City during the first three days of February, the military said. And U.S. soldiers conducting mounted patrols near the Shiite neighborhood came under fire twice last weekend, it said.

“The soldiers were not able to positively identify the shooters in either case, and consequently did not return fire in order to avoid harming Iraqi civilians,” it said.


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