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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0924/p01s02-woiq.htm
Iraq's Restive "Sunni Triangle"
(Christian Science Monitor) - Ann Scott Tyson "He's just a sick old man!" the Iraqi women wailed as U.S. soldiers blindfolded a balding, gray-haired suspect during a predawn raid in downtown Tikrit. The man claimed to be a firefighter. U.S. military officers said he was Brig. Gen. Daher Ziana, the former security chief for Saddam Hussein's sprawling palaces. This time, the Americans were right. Since June, troops have seized thousands of Iraqis in aggressive sweeps in the "Sunni Triangle," the 100-mile swath from Baghdad north to Tikrit where 80% of guerrilla attacks occur. The bulk of people apprehended are quickly freed.