| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| 3 gunmen captured in Mosul |
| 2008-07-27 |
| (VOI) -- Iraqi army forces captured three gunmen of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group in two separate operations in the city of Mosul on Saturday, an official source said. "A force from the army's 5th Brigade captured a gunman of the Islamic State of Iraq during a search raid in al-Quds neighborhood, eastern Mosul. He confessed to involvement in a murder," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). The Islamic State of Iraq is composed of seven armed organizations, most prominent of them is al-Qaeda in Iraq. The group, active in central and western Iraq, is led by a man known as Abu Omar al-Boghdadi. "The raid also resulted in the seizure of 70 Kalashnikov assault rifles," the source added. "In the area of Bab al-Sham, western Mosul, another army force detained two gunmen of the same group," the same source said, giving no more details. |
| Posted by:Fred |