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September 30, 2007

US Aircraft Kill 20 Insurgents in Iraq
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=19AED0D:A6F02AD83191E1604F99B76C6BFB4D4A9574F7DCC14957C0 Meanwhile, Iraq's
defense ministry says Iraqi soldiers have killed 40 militants since
Saturday in operations in three Iraqi provinces of Diyala, Salahuddin
and Kirkuk The U.S. military in Iraq says U.S. aircraft have killed 20
insurgents in an exchange of fire northwest of Baghdad.

The military says insurgents opened fire on the U.S. aircraft Saturday
with rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade, prompting the aircraft to
shoot back.

In other fighting, the U.S. military says coalition forces killed two
suspected terrorists and detained more than 30 across Iraq Sunday and
Saturday.

It says one coalition raid in Baghdad led to the capture of 15
suspected members of the Iraqi Special Groups an Iran-linked
organization involved in weapons smuggling.

Meanwhile, Iraq's defense ministry says Iraqi soldiers have killed 40
militants since Saturday in operations in three Iraqi provinces of
Diyala, Salahuddin and Kirkuk.

In another development, Iraqi police say gunmen killed a Sunni
politician and three of his bodyguards today in the northern city of
Mosul.  The politician, Momtaz Mahmud Ibrahim, was a member of the
Nineveh provincial council.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.




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