Iraqi forces kill 49 gunmen, arrest another 74

Note, that's Iraqi forces not US forces.

BAGHDAD, April 27 (KUNA) -- Iraqi forces killed 49 gunmen and arrested another 74 in the eastern Iraqi province of Dyali, said Thursday Iraqi army Major General Ahmad Al-Awad.

Al-Awad said that Iraqi soldiers carried out an operation in retaliation to gunmen's attacks against Iraqi police and army locations.

Al-Awad noted the Iraqi forces were still chasing other gunmen.

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