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| 14 arrested, 2 IEDs defused in Diala |
| 2010-08-06 |
| DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Fourteen wanted persons were arrested and two improvised explosive devices defused in separate incidents in Diala on Thursday, according to the province’s police chief. “The arrests took place in an operation by Diala policemen in different areas of Baaquba city. The arrested persons include four wanted on charges of involvement in terrorist acts,” Maj. General Abdulhussein al-Shimari told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Bomb squad experts also defused two IEDs in central Baaquba city while the police secured protection for the return of a family that had been displaced from Mandili, Khanaqin district, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba, to its original residential place in al-Mustafa neighborhood,” Shimari added. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Steve White |