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Babel, 28 March 2008 (Voices of Iraq)

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Police forces on Thursday captured seven militants of Shiite cleric Muqatada al-Sadr suspected of masterminding armed operations in Babel, a security source said.

"Police raided houses of seven militants of Al-Sadr's Mahdi militia suspected to be commanders of groups that attacked security forces during the clashes that have erupted since Monday in the province", a Scorpion brigade source, who requested anonmity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).

Hilla ,along with Babel towns and districts, has seen clashes between Iraqi army and the militants of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr following the government's of major security operation in southern oil city
Basra.

Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 south Baghdad.

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