(AKI) - Joint US-Iraqi forces on Thursday arrested 29 al-Qaeda gunmen in a military operation south of Baquba, police said. According to the news agency Voices of Iraq, the operation was targeting members of the Islamic State of Iraq. "Police forces, backed by US troops, waged a security raid targeting al-Qaeda hideouts in al-Jabal al-Saaed mountain in Bahraz district, south of Baquba, detaining 29 al-Qaeda gunmen, including seven leaders of what is called the Islamic State of Iraq," General Ghanem al-Qureshi told Voices of Iraq.
Baquba, the capital of Diyala, is located 60 kilometres northeast of Baghdad.