American forces liberate more than 200 abducted in Muqdadiya (?true?)
American forces liberated more than two hundred hostages yesterday in villages in the district of Muqdadiya the majority of which are Iraqi police.
In Diyala police source who wished to remain anonymous confirmed that American forces repositioned in the villages and Ashakragh Sensl close to the town of Muqdadiya carried out raids, searches and range of regions and the surrounding orchards.
He added that the American forces had found several prisons belonging to al-Qaeda and containing more than two hundred abducted hostages. The source explained that the majority of the abductees are the elements of the police who had been abducted at different times and over a period of months.
Linked source is in Arabic; translation is from Free Republic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803814/posts
Haven't seen it elsewhere yet, and seemed potentially significant enough to post here.
Posted by: Glenmore 2007-03-20 |