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| Iraq |
| 5 suspects arrested west of Kirkuk |
| 2008-05-28 |
| (VOI) – A joint Iraqi-U.S. force captured five suspected gunmen in a security raid west of Kirkuk on Tuesday, the city's districts police chief said. "A force from the Iraqi police and the Multi-National Force (MNF) conducted a search raid in the villages of Rubeizar and Marziyeh, (65 km) west of Kirkuk, capturing five suspected gunmen," Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). "Also during the operation, 13 different weapons and an amount of ammunition were seized," said Qader, adding the operation ended without any casualties amongst security forces. Kirkuk, an oil-rich city of mixed population of ethnic and religious groups, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Fred |