US-led forces arrest 25 during operations against al-Qaida in Iraq

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US-led forces arrested 25 people during operations against al-Qaida in Iraq this weekend, the American military said Sunday. Suicide bombers struck police targets in northern Iraq, killing at least five people and injuring dozens in the latest sign that extremists, though weakened, are still capable of devastating attacks. The US military said those detained included alleged members of car bomb cells and financial networks. A suspect who allegedly assisted in the movement of suicide bombers from Iran to Iraq also was captured in the northern city of Mosul, the military said. He also had connections to a senior al-Qaida leader in the region and was suspected of funneling financial aid between Iraq and neighboring countries, the statement said.