| (VOI) -- Police forces defused two bombs in south and central Missan, a security source said on Friday. "Police forces defused a bomb planted in a residential neighborhood in al-Majar al-Kabier district in south of Amara," the source told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity. "Joint security forces defused another bomb planted on the main road linking al-Thawra neighborhood and al-Mualameen region in central Amara during a security operation," the source added. Iraqi security forces have been launching a large-scale military campaign codenamed Bashaer al-Salam (Promise of Peace) since June 19. The operation was aimed to track down gunmen and to confiscate unlicensed weapons in Missan province. |