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Mass Arrests in Baghdad Net 500 Criminal Suspects

NPR | By Alex Chadwick
Published July 13, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Dan Murphy of The Christian Science Monitor about Tuesday's mass arrests by Iraqi police of more than 500 criminal suspects in Baghdad. The new Iraqi government claims the move will help to quell violence and crime in the Iraqi capital.

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Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.