BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military says 17 insurgents have been killed and 30 detained in weekend raids across Iraq.
It says the deadliest was an operation Sunday targeting a suspected suicide bombing network east of Baqouba that killed 12 armed men.
Iraqi police have reported a dozen civilians killed in an airstrike in the same area. But the military says those killed in the raid were insurgents, including six who had shaved their bodies apparently in preparation for suicide operations.
Five men with suspected ties to al-Qaida leadership also were killed Saturday near the border with Iran in northeastern Iraq.
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