U.S. forces arrest mayor of southern Iraqi town

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

NAJAF, Iraq -- American troops moved in force Monday to arrest the U.S.-appointed mayor of this southern Iraqi town, removing him on kidnapping and corruption charges and detaining 62 of his aides -- a step likely to please Najaf's Shiite residents.

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