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Mass Arrests in Baghdad Net 500 Criminal Suspects

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Dan Murphy of The Christian Science Monitor about Tuesday's mass arrests by Iraqi police of more than 500 criminal suspects in Baghdad. The new Iraqi government claims the move will help to quell violence and crime in the Iraqi capital.

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