U.S. commander says forces closing in on leaders of insurgency

Monday, December 29, 2003

TIKRIT, Iraq -- U.S. forces hunting top and midlevel leaders of the Iraqi insurgency are close to unraveling a network of five powerful clans that have funneled money, weapons and instructions to street gunmen and bombmakers, according to a U.S. Army commander.

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