Three killed, dozens detained in US raids in Iraq

BAGHDAD - US-led forces killed three suspected militants and detained 44 in a series of raids across Iraq on Friday, the military said.
Troops killed two armed men and detained 16 in a raid to capture an alleged Al-Qaeda militant south of Baghdad, the military said.
In another raid in Baghdad an armed man was killed during an operation to flush militants out of targeted buildings. Ten other suspected militants were detained, all allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Four more suspected militants, two of them handling media activities in Baghdad and the restive city of Baquba, were also detained in the Iraqi capital, the military said.
A suspected bomb making cell member was also detained in another raid in Baghdad.
In the western restive city of Ramadi, troops captured a top Al-Qaeda militant and four associates on Friday, the military said.
The militant had recently returned from Syria where he allegedly facilitated the supply of weapons to militants in Iraq, the military added.
Another eight militants were detained in the northern city of Mosul.

07/20/2007 08:02 GMT