(KUNA) - Iraqi forces killed 5 and arrested 25 militants in a raid south of Baghdad, a government press release said on Sunday. Iraqi forces and multi-national forces launched an attack on the militants in Sayed Abdullah district in Al-Mahmoudiya, killing five militants and arresting 25 others. The forces defused five bombs, destroyed six vehicles carrying insurgents, and seized three others, the release added.
The forces also seized a large number of publications and CDs of Abu Hamza Al-Mohajir, Abu Musaab Al-Zarqawi's successor, and others with video recordings of attacks targeting the Iraqi army and citizens. Al-Mahmoudiya is located in the Triangle of Death, an area south of Baghdad that witnesses violence, assassinations, and forced displacement of people. |