Iraqi authorities arrested Tuesday 52 insurgents in various parts of the country and detained manager of oil-products in Peji, said the Iraqi Defense Ministry. A statement issued by the ministry said that five insurgents were detained in Salahuddin governorate, and a dozen others were arrested in Addajeel area for being suspects of carrying out bomb explosions that killed several citizens in a gas-station in the area.In the governorate of Anbar, Iraqi authorities discovered an arms-stock in Fallujah and arrested three insurgents. The statement said that the Iraqi army also detained six insurgents in Aziziah of Waset province for attacking civilians. The army also detained 10 suspects of being involved in bombing two booby trapped cars that targeted a checkpoint in Latifiah, of southern Baghdad, and killed two army members.
In the meantime, a source of the joint coordination center in Salahuddin province said that the army stormed Peji refinery and arrested its manager of oil-products Ibraheem Mutlaq, without announcing that motives behind the detention. The same source said that a couple of unidentified dead bodies were found on the Tigris.