End of Tel-Afer military operation against gunmen

An officer in the Iraqi army announced the end of the military operation carried out by the American and Iraqi forces in Tel-Afer city against gunmen, noting that it resulted in killing more than 150 persons.

A high ranking official in the American army stressed on Thursday that some 300 foreign fighters, who had sneaked to Iraq, were killed and 325 jailed in recent months.

Gen. Rick Lich, assistant for the US army chief of staff, said in a press conference that "since March, we have arrested 325 fighters and killed other 300." He added that those fighters came basically from Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.