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[Eugene]

Coalition in Iraq Search for Hostages


Monday November 20, 2006 11:46 AM

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BASRA, Iraq (AP) - British and Iraqi forces raided homes in southern Iraq
on Monday and arrested four suspects in the kidnapping of four American
security guards and their Austrian co-worker, an official said.

The raid, which began late Sunday and ended early Monday morning, took
place in Zubair, a mostly Sunni-Arab enclave about 20 miles south of Basra,
Capt. Tane Dunlop, the British military spokesman, told The Associated Press.
Most of Britain's 7,200 soldiers in Iraq are based in the city.

On Sunday, Iraqi police showed the media 200 suspected insurgents they
had arrested the night before while raiding several areas north of Basra,
which is 340 miles southeast of Baghdad.

Both raids failed to find any of the hostages in southern Iraq, a mostly
Shiite region.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6227858,00.html