By Xinhua,
Baghdad : U.S. troops killed four suspected al-Qaida militants and detained more than 20 others in a raid targeting al-Qaida network in Iraq’s northern province of Ta’mim, the U.S. military said Friday.
The U.S. raid which was based on intelligence information conducted on Wednesday and took place along the Tigris River Valley in the western part of Ta’mim province, a military statement said.
The statement revealed that a suspected cell leader and his top lieutenants were among the dead who were believed to be responsible for carrying out car bomb attacks and weapons smuggling in the province and its nearby areas.
Recently, U.S. and Iraqi security forces captured or killed many al-Qaida leaders for indiscriminate killings and disturbing stability across the country.
On Tuesday, the U.S. military announced in a statement that its troops captured two wanted men of al-Qaida militants and five of their associates in two operations in the cities of Mosul and Tikrit, north of Baghdad.