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| Iraq |
| 9 wanted men nabbed in Basra |
| 2008-07-24 |
| (VOI) -- Iraqi army forces arrested nine wanted men and seized five smuggling boats and amounts of weapons and ammunitions during a wide-scale security operation on early Wednesday in Basra, the spokesman for the Iraqi army said. "An Iraqi army force waged a security raid in Abu al-Khasieb region's villages, southern Basra, near the borders with Iran, and in al-Zubeir region in western Basra, near the borders with Kuwait," Colonel Abbas al-Tamemi told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The operation aimed to prevent weapons and drug smuggling and to hunt down wanted men in these areas," he also said. "Nine wanted men were arrested and five smuggling boats and amounts of weapons, including 82 Kalashnikovs and three BKC guns as well as amounts of explosives were seized during the operation," he explained. "The operation still under way," he noted. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Wanted man in al-Kadera Wanted man in Basra too Wanted man in Mosul for blowin' up a school -- Johnny al-Kash |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-07-24 14:11 |