BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 50 people on Tuesday in raids on a Sunni Arab district they described as riddled with "terrorist hideouts" and a hotbed of insurgent activity by foreign fighters linked to al Qaeda.
As American helicopter gunships and ground attack jets kept up vigil over central Baghdad, Defence Ministry spokesman Major General Ibrahim Shakir said 50 had been killed and 21 people arrested in the operation around Haifa Street, where officials have said more than 130 people have died since Saturday.
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