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(Tikrit, Iraq-AP) -- American forces say they've captured two suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists and five others believed responsible for attacking U-S troops in Iraq.
The military says the captures came in a series of raids targeting members of the Fedayeen Saddam militia in Tikrit, Saddam's hometown.
Officials also say troops discovered a huge arms cache about 60 miles southeast of Baghdad that included 400 cases of anti-aircraft shells and 200 rocket-propelled grenade rounds.
In other developments, two Iraqis were wounded when their vehicle tried to avoid a U-S checkpoint near Kirkuk.
And at the bombed U-N headquarters in Baghdad, searchers were seen pulling five more bodies from the rubble. It's not immediately clear if the bodies were among the U-N count of 20 dead. An independent check by The Associated Press at nearby hospitals after the Tuesday bombing put the number of dead at 23.
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