U.S., Iraqi Forces Trap Dozens of Gunmen

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U.S., Iraqi Forces Trap Dozens of Gunmen


Wednesday March 22, 2006 10:16 AM

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By VANESSA ARRINGTON

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi forces trapped dozens of insurgents Wednesday
during a two-hour gunbattle at a police station south of Baghdad, a day after 100
masked gunmen stormed a jail near the Iranian border and freed more than 30 prisoners,
most of them fellow insurgents.

Sixty gunmen, firing rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles, attacked the Madain
police station before dawn, police Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammadawi said.

U.S. troops and a special Iraqi police unit responded, catching the insurgents
in crossfire and capturing 50 of the group, including a Syrian, al-Mohammadawi said.

A special police commander was killed and five policemen were wounded, he said.
None of the attackers were killed.

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