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| Diala police open security center in former al-Qaeda stronghold |
| 2008-06-13 |
| (VOI) – The Diala police chief on Thursday said a new security center opened in one of the province villages that had been an al-Qaeda stronghold for more than three years. "Diala police command opened a new security center in Hanbas village in central Muqdadiya, 45 km north-east of Baaquba, which had fallen under the control of al-Qaeda gunmen for three years," Brig. Gen Ghanim al-Qureishi, Diala police chief, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). The police office did elaborate on further details, but he said "the center consists of 40 policemen." Al-Qaeda network controlled a number of villages in Diala province, which witnessed spates of attacks and assassination operations before the launch of a large-scale offensive to crack down on the province. |
| Posted by:Fred |