BAGHDAD, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Iraqi counter-terrorism forces secured the release of two persons captured by militants and successfully dismantled a kidnapping ring, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD, April 9 (UPI) -- An Iraqi special forces team under the supervision of the U.S. military arrested six al-Qaida suspects as separate raids uncovered a variety of illegal weapons.

BAGHDAD, March 13 (UPI) -- U.S. and Iraqi military forces conducted joint raids, arresting 30 suspects, and U.S. precision missiles later destroyed a weapons transport vehicle.

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The Iraqi prime minister announced details of a massive effort to drive al-Qaida operatives out of the northern provinces.

BAQUBAH, Iraq, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A joint raid by U.S. and Iraqi forces hit a stronghold believed to be held by al-Qaida suspects in the central Diyala province.

BAGHDAD, March 25 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber has killed 11 Iraqi special forces and injured 10 other people, including two U.S. soldiers and three Iraqi civilians, east of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Iraqi special forces seized Fallujah's main hospital Sunday in what Pentagon officials described as the first step of the offensive to retake the city.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A former Iraqi special forces officer and militia leader has been captured by U.S. soldiers, Radio Free Europe said Monday.