07 March 2007 (AP Worldstream)
U.S. forces detained 24 suspected insurgents in raids across Iraq on Wednesday morning, the U.S. military said.

In a raid northeast of Karmah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Baghdad, U.S. troops detained nine suspects believed to have ties to senior al-Qaida in Iraq leaders, the military said in a statement.

Five suspected bomb-makers were detained in Rutbah, in arid western Iraq about 400 kilometers (250 miles) from Baghdad, it said.

In southern Baghdad, ground troops detained eight suspects accused of planting car bombs to target U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, the statement said.

Two others accused of weapons trafficking were picked up in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, it said.

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