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| Iraq |
| National Police enter two mosques, seize weapons caches |
| 2007-03-20 |
| Iraqi National Police entered the Al Houda and Al Aqsa mosques during a daytime operation in a southern district of the Iraqi capital March 18. The National Police received tips from neighborhood residents of insurgent activities being conducted at the mosques. Iraqi Security Forces seized two caches of weapons, munitions and bomb-making materials at each mosque. A total of five people were detained in connection with suspected anti-Iraqi activities and are being held by the police for questioning. Six AK-47 assault rifles and a shotgun were found at the Al Aqsa mosque, along with small caliber ammunition and bomb-making materials. Two AK-47s, and several mortar rounds and bomb-making material were confiscated in the Al Houda mosque. The 1st Battalion of the 7th Brigade National Police entered the mosques, while MND-B forces provided the outer cordon for the operation. No MND-B troops entered the mosque or immediate premises. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #9 find a gun = level the building and sow the ground with pigs blood |
| Posted by: Steven 2007-03-20 22:40 |
| #8 They seriously need to bulldoze any building used for weapons storage. Over my dead body! |
| Posted by: Rachel Corrie 2007-03-20 20:36 |
| #7 I hope they offended everybody, and took a dump before leaving. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-03-20 14:12 |
| #6 Ohhh...I really hope they took off their boots before going in so as not to offend anybody. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-03-20 13:59 |
| #5 They seriously need to bulldoze any building used for weapons storage. Aww come on! Where would the kids go to |
| Posted by: tipper 2007-03-20 12:10 |
| #4 They seriously need to bulldoze any building used for weapons storage. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2007-03-20 12:04 |
| #3 I agree. Al Aqsa is also probably a Sunni mosque since the authoritative Shia indictment of the Sunni includes the charge that the mosque in Jerusalem was built to copy the infidels (since the Paleos have been active, this ruling has been largely 'forgotten'). |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-03-20 11:47 |
| #2 I'm guessing Sunni, since al Huda is a common name for mosques, one in Tikrit, one in New Jersey. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-03-20 11:28 |
| #1 sunni or shia mosques? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-03-20 11:18 |
