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Iraqi forces lead hunt in insurgent stronghold

Posted: October 3, 2009 at 6:23 a.m.

Iraqi forces in Mosul have detained more than 150 suspected Sunni insurgents during an offensive in the country's last major extremist stronghold, a senior security official said Friday.

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