ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A combined force from the Iraqi army and police arrested four leading members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) near the city of al-Falluja on Saturday, a security source said.“A joint army-police force captured four amirs (leaders) of the AQI south and east of Falluja, (60 km) west of Ramadi, today (Feb. 19), on charges of involvement in murders of security personnel and civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The forces also seized a weapons cache in the area of al-Shwirtan, al-Karma district, which contained 38 sticky explosive charges, 23 home-made explosive devices, 13 RPG-7 shells and four depots of medium-arms munitions,” he added.