 The Iraqi government announced Monday it detained nearly 900 suspected militants and set up more than 800 checkpoints in a two-week sweep that appears to have somewhat blunted attacks in the capital.| Wrote the AP reporter through clenched fingers. |
[Snip] a whole bunch of irrelevant stuff about insurgency violence and body counts.
The latest figures released from Operation Lightning, which began May 22 in Baghdad, included at least 887 arrests and the establishment around Baghdad of 608 mobile and 194 permanent checkpoints. Also, 38 weapon stores were raided. The operation is the biggest Iraqi-led offensive since Saddam's ouster two years ago. Before it began, authorities controlled only eight of Baghdad's 23 entrances. Now all are under government control.| Hmmm...Bad Guyz locked up + capturing weapons caches and hidey holes = fewer attacks...who'da thunkit? |
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