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16 terror suspects captured in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 14 (UPI) -- Coalition forces caught 16 suspected terrorists Wednesday in Iraq, officials said.

The U.S. Defense Department said the terror suspects were arrested during military operations targeted at disrupting the al-Qaida network in Iraq.

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A statement said in Mosul, forces captured a man wanted for planning and conducting bombing attacks on coalition forces.

West of Samarra, coalition forces captured an alleged associate of senior al-Qaida in Iraq leaders, the statement said.

On Tuesday, officials said an Iraqi special weapons and tactics team caught four suspected terrorists in Tal Afar, northwest of Baghdad. Those captured are suspected of recent bombings and attacks against civilians and coalition forces.

Iraqi army soldiers Tuesday also found a weapons cache in Mosul, which included 600 pounds of bulk explosives, grenades, 200 pounds of ammunition, 16 radios, three mortar tubes, a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher, eight AK-47 assault rifles, a rocket, 10 dynamite blocks and five pipe bombs.

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