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| Iraq: Joint forces arrest 10 people in Kirkuk |
| 2009-06-19 |
| [ADN Kronos] A joint Iraqi-United States forces raid arrested ten people on Thursday in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, according to police. The arrests followed a search in al-Huwaiyja district's Tabah village. Most of the suspects are wanted men and during the operation the joint security forces seized three unlicensed vehicles and six guns, the Voice of Iraq news agency cited Brig. Sarhad Qader as saying. The arrests followed a hand-grenade attack late on Wednesday in Kirkuk's Baghdad Road region in which two civilians were injured, an unnamed military source in Kirkuk told VOI. Also on Wednesday, police said they had arrested in the Iraqi capital Baghdad the alleged deputy commander of Al-Qaeda's military wing in Iraq. Ahmed Abed Oweiyed is suspected of having masterminded last week's assassination of a prominent Sunni MP in Baghdad, Harith al-Obeidi. Al-Obeid's death and continuing bombings have raised fears of increased violence as US troops are due to pull back from Iraq's urban areas by the end of the month. |
| Posted by:Fred |