Authorities in Europe shut down Islamic militant network

Friday, December 19, 2003

MILAN, Italy -- Authorities in Europe have shut down a network that recruited at least 200 Islamic militants to carry out attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq, Italian investigators told The Associated Press.

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