U.S. Forces in Iraq Detain Three After Raid (another mosque raided?)

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Eyewitnesses said U.S. troops raided a Sunni mosque Saturday night, arresting its cleric and detaining dozens of residents in nearby homes during a sweep of Haqlaniyah. The U.S. military denied Sunday that a mosque was raided in the area.


Cleric Douraid Fakhry was arrested after U.S. forces were seen raiding the al-Mustafa mosque, according to eyewitnesses. Houses surrounding the mosque were searched and a number of its residents were arrested.


The raid on the mosque comes as part of the government campaign against some hardline Sunni clerics whom the government accuse of fueling the insurgency in Iraq (news - web sites) and of using their mosques as stores for weapon caches.


On Friday, Iraqi and U.S. forces raided Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque — one of the country's most important Sunni mosques.

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