Tens of thousands of American and Iraqi troops have launched a series of raids in recent weeks, seeking out bomb-makers, sectarian killers and al Qaeda leaders in the capital and throughout central Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi troops have captured 123 detainees in the past 24 hours, 497 in the past week, and 1,166 in the past month. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.