U.S.-Led Forces Dealing Blows to Militants ; Residents Helping in Fight Against Al-Qaida, Others

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BAGHDAD U.S. and Iraqi forces, backed by Polish army helicopters, swept through Shiite militia strongholds south of Baghdad on Saturday, rounding up dozens of militants and killing two. The prime minister met the provincial governor, who called for reinforcements to root out "the criminals."

Iraqi police said 30 suspected fighters linked to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army were grabbed in a pre-dawn house-to- house search by U.S. and Iraqi raiders in two eastern neighborhoods in Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad.

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U.S.-Led Forces Dealing Blows to Militants ; Residents Helping in Fight Against Al-Qaida, Others

Rival Shiite militias are engaged in grabs for power in the oil- rich south of the country, as British forces are drawing down. But U.S. commanders have reported significant inroads against both...

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