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Article: U.S., Iraqis kill 85 militants at training camp
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- March 24, 2005
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EDWARD HARRIS, The Associated Press
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-24-2005
U.S., Iraqis kill 85 militants at training camp
By EDWARD HARRIS, The Associated Press
Date: 03-24-2005, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 85 militants at a suspected training camp along the marshy shores of a remote lake, one of the highest guerrilla death tolls of the two-year insurgency, officials said Wednesday. They said Iraqis emboldened by the January elections are increasingly turning in intelligence tips.
The raid at Lake Tharthar in central Iraq turned up booby-trapped cars, suicide-bomber vests, weapons and training documents, Iraqi Maj. Gen. Rashid ...