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| Iraq |
| Kurdish security forces seize cache north of Khanaqin district |
| 2008-07-22 |
| (VOI) -- The Kurdish intelligence agency, also known as Asayesh, seized a cache of arms and explosives in a village in the district of Khanaqin, a senior Kurdish security official said on Monday. "The cache, found at a late hour on Sunday evening inside a stable in the village of Bana Qora Tu, (30 km) north of Khanaqin, contained two anti-aircraft machine guns, 17 mortar shells, 13 RPG rockets and several artillery shells," Asayeh chief, Muhammad Kareem, told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). Asayesh or Asayish (Arabic for security) is a Kurdish organization, created in September 1993. It is referred to as an "intelligence agency", "security force","security service", "security police", "secret service", "secret police", or just "Kurdish police". It is related to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barazani. It also acts under the command of the Kurdish National Assembly (parliament) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). "An urgent probe was launched to find out whether the cache belongs to the time of the former regime or is used by armed groups active in the area," Kareem added. |
| Posted by:Fred |