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Iraq Arrests 500 ISIS Suspects Fleeing With CiviliansFALLUJAH (AFP) -- Iraqi forces have detained more than 500 suspected Islamic State (ISIS) group members trying to sneak out of the city of Fallujah by blending in with fleeing civilians, police said Monday (June 13)."We have arrested 546 suspected terrorists who had fled by taking advantage of the movements of displaced families over the past two weeks," said Hadi Rzayej, the police chief for Anbar province in which Fallujah is located."Many of them were using fake IDs," he told AFP from the southern edge of Fallujah, where Iraqi forces are pressing a three-week-old offensive to retake the city from ISIS.When civilians reach government forces, teenage boys and adult men are screened separately. Some are released after a few hours while others undergo more thorough interrogation.