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Article: MARINES, IRAQI POLICE NAB SEVEN SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN IP 'DRAG-NET'

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April 8, 2007
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The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:

Iraqi Police and U.S. Marines and detained seven suspected insurgents during a four-day Iraqi Police dragnet through the city of Haqlaniyah, Feb. 28 through March 3, 2007.

The cordon and searches netted 88 Iraqi men who were screened and questioned by Iraqi Police, the largest amount of suspects in a four-day period since Golf Company of the Hawaii-based 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment arrived in the Haditha "triad" - which includes Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwanah, in September 2006.

Haqlaniyah is the gateway for traffic and supplies into the "triad" region and has long been suspected to be a meeting place for high-level ...

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