53 'al-Qaeda' militants killed
2006-11-04 21:13
Baghdad - Iraqi police commandos killed 53 suspected al-Qaeda militants in a fierce gunbattle on the southern outskirts of Baghdad on Saturday, an interior ministry spokesperson said.
"This afternoon we received intelligence reports that gunmen were endangering the security of the region," said
Brigadier-General Abdel Karim Khalaf, referring to the Baghdad suburb of Tuwaitha.
"They are al-Qaeda."
"The national police had a severe fight with them and as a result of these clashes, they killed 53 terrorists, arrested 16, burnt 40 cars and seized many weapons," he said.
- AFP