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| 8 wanted men arrested, 2 caches seized in Diala |
| 2009-07-29 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen in Diala captured eight wanted men and seized two arms caches in security operations conducted in different areas of the province on Monday, according to the Diala police chief. "The eight wanted men were arrested by virtue of Article 4 of the law on terrorism. The police forces also seized two caches in the area of al-Wajihiya, al-Muqdadiya district, (45 km) east of Baaquba, and Abu Jamal, south of Buhrez district, (5 km) south of Baaquba," Maj. General Abdulhussein al-Shimari told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Shimari did not elaborate on the kinds or amounts of the weapons and munitions seized in the two caches. Abu Jamal, one of the hot spots in Diala, was the area that saw the emergence of several leaders of Al-Qaeda in Iraq network and the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group. One of those militant leaders was Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who had been a member of the municipal council of Buhrez district. He was arrested in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in April. |
| Posted by:Fred |