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Article: IRAQ - Aug 8 - Sadr City Raids Kill 32 Militants 'Smuggling In Arms From Iran'.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- August 11, 2007
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US forces launch raids and air strikes on Baghdad's Sadr City, killing 32 militants suspected of smuggling arms into Iraq from neighbouring Iran. The US military said the suspects were believed to be members of a "special-groups terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq". They were also alleged to have been involved in bringing militants from Iraq into Iran for training, the US military said in a statement. Iraqi police and witnesses said 11 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the operation. US officials denied the reports. The raid came two days after US and Iranian ...