TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers raided a dozen buildings in Saddam Hussein's hometown early Friday, taking about 20 people into custody, including a suspected local Baath Party leader.
One Iraqi was killed when he tried to take a rifle away from an American soldier, according to Maj. Mike Silverman, operations officer of the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division.
The raid, the second in Tikrit in as many days, began shortly after midnight when six Bradley Fighting Vehicles sealed off a neighborhood of houses and apartment blocks.
Soldiers broke down compound gates and doors with hand-held battering rams, forced their way inside and emerged with about 20 men, who were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs.
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