In Baghdad, US forces have raided a funeral gathering and detained 60 men suspected of links with an al-Qaeda cell blamed for a number of car bomb attacks. This was the first major operation since US reinforcements started streaming into Baghdad last week as part of a new crackdown on violence in the capital. A statement by the US military said the arrests were made in Arab Jabour, a southern neighbourhood of Baghdad and a stronghold of Sunni insurgents. The 60 detained men are believed to be associated with a senior Iraqi al-Qaeda leader in a cell that "specialises in bomb making," the statement said.

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