[link|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=1&u=/nm/20030904/wl_nm/iraq_tikrit_guerrillas_dc|An explosive new development!]

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After the firefight, about 60 U.S. troops carried on with a planned raid on a house in Tikrit belonging to a suspected bomb-maker.

Homemade explosive devices have been plaguing the U.S. soldiers -- four were injured in the Tikrit area this week when their vehicles hit small bombs -- and commanders are on an offensive to root them out.

At about 1 a.m., a dozen military vehicles quietly surrounded the house of the suspect before soldiers banged on his door and called him out, Reuters witnesses said.

The man gave himself up immediately. Three other men were also arrested in adjoining houses, where a large collection of explosive materials including grenades, wires and alarm clocks were found.

Commanders said two of the men were probably bomb-makers.

The U.S. soldiers also confiscated $1,100 in cash. "What a coincidence. Exactly the going rate for an attack on Americans, and all in crisp $100 bills," Russell said.

I say:

That's the ol' entrepreneurial spirit.