(VOI) -- Iraqi security authorities on Saturday arrested a Saudi man carrying a fake Iraqi passport while trying to enter Iraqi territories to carry out armed activities via the Zurbatiya outlet in eastern Wassit province on the borders with Iran, a security source said. "Initial investigations revealed that the Saudi man's fake Iraqi passport was issued by the al-Qadissiya province under the name Ahmed Adel Dhahir al-Zayyadi," the source, who did not want his name published, told Aswat al-Iraq. He added that the 20-year-old man, whose real name is Hosayn Elewi Hosayn al-Irjani, turned out to have received instructions to conduct a series of armed operations in Iraq after he had received training in Iran from more than nine months.
"The arrest was made based on intelligence tips received by security agencies that tighten their grip on the province's outlets within preparations for al-Ziyara al-Shaabaniya pilgrimage on Sunday," the source said, noting the suspect was referred to the institutions concerned for further investigations. |