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Associated PressU.S.-Iraqi forces raid sweets factoryBy KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 3 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Tuesday raided a sweets
factory being used as a headquarters by suspected Sunni
insurgents in northern Iraq, which has seen a recent rise in
violence as militants have fled a nearly 4-month-old security
crackdown in Baghdad.
The discovery illustrated the challenges faced by American
and Iraqi troops trying to stop the unrelenting violence even
as militants consistently find new ways to thwart stepped-
up security measures.
-snip-Violence persisted on Tuesday, with at least 45 people
killed or found dead, including nine soldiers and civilians
killed in clashes and drive-by shootings. Police said 15
al-Qaida militants also were killed in fighting with joint
U.S.-Iraqi forces, although the military did not immediately
confirm that.
-snip-The U.S. and Iraqi military offered different accounts of the
raid on the sweets factory in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of
Baghdad.
The American military said a joint U.S.-Iraqi force had found
an ice cream factory in which "individuals associated with
the Islamic State of Iraq were operating from," referring to
a Sunni insurgent group, but said it had no reports of mass
explosives or chemical fertilizer being discovered and
destroyed.
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