US raids on Iraq 'insurgent town'

[Eugene]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4228934.stm

Last Updated: Friday, 9 September 2005, 10:56 GMT 11:56 UK

US raids on Iraq 'insurgent town'

US forces have carried out overnight bombing raids on the Iraqi town
of Talafar, near Syria, reports say.

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Inhabitants flee

In Talafar, air strikes were reportedly launched on a neighbourhood
the Americans suspected of being under the control of insurgents.

Troops were then sent in to arrest all males over the age of 20 who
remained there.

The town has been the scene of heavy fighting over the past week, and
the authorities have urged residents to leave.

The BBC's Jon Brain in Baghdad says 80% of the town's inhabitants,
who are mainly Sunni Muslims, are now believed to have left Talafar.

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[mirandapriestly]

1. Arrest them and keep them indefinitely

separating them from their families whether they are guilty or not.