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Terror Suspects Detained In Belgium

Belgian police raided homes in four cities Wednesday and detained 14 people suspected of involvement in a terrorist network that sent fighters to Iraq, including a Belgian woman reported to have carried out a suicide bombing in Baghdad. Belgian authorities "want to dismantle this network, which we knew was on our territory and which aimed to send volunteers" to fight in Iraq, Glenn Audenaert, the federal police director, told reporters.

In addition, French police in the Paris area detained a Tunisian who they suspected of having been in contact with one of those arrested in Belgium. The suspect is also thought to have known the husband of the alleged suicide bomber. Nine of the 14 suspects detained Wednesday were Belgian. Three were Moroccan and two were Tunisian.

More than 200 police officers took part in raids at dawn in Brussels and three other cities following media reports that a Belgian woman had blown herself up in a Nov. 9 attack in Baghdad. The woman reportedly carried out a car bombing against an American patrol. U.S. officials said she was the only person killed.