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| Iraq |
| Army soldiers shoot 3 gunmen dead in Mosul |
| 2010-12-03 |
| NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi army forces shot down three gunmen, one of them of an Arab nationality, and arrested a Moroccan west of Mosul city on Thursday, according to a source in the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC). “An Iraqi army force opened fire on three gunmen, one of them of an Arab nationality, during a military operation conducted in the village of Mshirfa, west of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The force also detained a Moroccan gunman during the operation that was launched upon intelligence tip-offs,” he said. The source did not reveal the nationality of the “Arab” gunman but said the Moroccan detainee is under investigative custody for further details on how he entered Iraq. |
| Posted by:Steve White |