In a series of raids, US troops detained Sunday two dozen people they said were participating in the resistance to the U.S. occupation, including a "targeted leader."
The U.S. Central Command said Sunday's raids in the so-called "Sunni Triangle" west and north of the capital netted "24 regime loyalists, including a targeted leader." It provided no details on the identities of the captives.
Meanwhile, a 75-year-old farmer was shot dead and his son wounded Sunday after being turned back at a US checkpoint west of Fallujah, 50 kilometers west of Baghdad, the farmer's family told AFP. As they prepared to turn around, they came under fire from the checkpoint. The father died on the spot while his son was hit in the jaw and left hand.
Elsewhere, American soldiers were hit in an ambush outside of Baquba, 60 kilometers north of Baghdad Sunday afternoon. Two soldiers were wounded when a rocket-propelled grenade smashed into a Humvee all-terrain vehicle, witnesses said, adding that US troops had cordoned off the motorway. (Albawaba.com)
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