DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen arrested on Tuesday a member of the Islamic party in Khales district for being suspected in joining al-Qaeda group, a judicial source said.“Policemen waged on Tuesday (Oct. 20) a crackdown operation in Abu Tamr village in Khales, north of Baaquba, where they arrested Harb Hassan Jassem, a member of the Islamic party in Diala,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The operation was launched in light of intelligence information which assert his involvement in implementing several killing operations,” he added.
Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.