This is certainly good news on car bombers. Violence in Iraq would be way way down if the car bombs could be eliminated. Iran backing militias is not the kind of news anyone wants to hear.
U.S. Forces Nab 60 Al Qaeda Suspects in Iraq; Envoy Says Iran is Backing Shiite Militias
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. forces raided a funeral gathering and detained 60 men suspected of links with an Al Qaeda cell blamed for a spate of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, the U.S. command said Saturday.
It was the first major roundup of suspected insurgents since U.S. reinforcements started streaming into Baghdad last week as part of a new crackdown on violence in the capital, which has raised fears of full-scale civil war.
A statement by the U.S. military said the arrests were made Friday in Arab Jabour, a southern neighborhood of Baghdad and a stronghold of Sunni insurgents.
The 60 detained men are believed associated with a senior Iraqi Al Qaeda leader in a cell that "specializes in bomb making," the statement said.... Continued
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