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| Iraqi Cops Arrest 5 in Basra Blasts |
| 2004-04-23 |
| Police on Friday arrested five Iraqis believed linked to Al Qaeda and suspected in this week’s suicide bombings in Basra, and the men led police to a stash of 20 tons of explosives, a police intelligence chief said. Sound like these policemen are doing their job Two of the men were caught in a truck carrying 3.5 tons of TNT, and the other three were captured in a house where another ton of explosives, along with mortar shells and rockets were found, said Col. Khalaf al-Badran, head of police intelligence in Basra. The men led police to a second house where police found 20 tons of explosives, TNT, mortar shells, rockets and artillery shells, al-Badran said. The five confessed to working with a Syrian connected to Al Qaeda who travels between Iraq and neighboring Kuwait, he said. On Wednesday, suicide attackers blew up cars stuffed with explosives and rockets outside police stations, killing 74 people, including children. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #3 My definition of a WMD would include twenty tons of explosive. Over to you Senator Kerry. |
| Posted by: john 2004-04-23 11:00:07 PM |
| #2 Wow, quick work, I am impressed. Now let's see if they get hteir act together enough to preempt the next attack. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-04-23 5:37:25 PM |
| #1 Twenty tons of explosive!!!! Three and a half tons of TNT!!! This has to be exagerated. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-04-23 3:48:13 PM |