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2 gangs, 4 wanted men arrested in Basra
(VOI)- Police forces on Wednesday arrested two gangs, four wanted men and defused a bomb during crackdown operations throughout Basra, said a police source. "Our forces managed to arrest four wanted men, believed of being involvement in armed attacks in the two regions of al-Zubeir, west of Basra, and al-Maaqel in northern Basra," the source, who asked to be unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI). "An explosive device was defused in Khamsmel region in al-Maaqel," he added.Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced last April the commencement of a security operation codenamed Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in Basra, Iraq's second largest province and an oil-hub, 590 km south of Baghdad, which he said targeted "outlaws." Hundreds of supporters of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr were killed or wounded in intense fighting. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-19 |
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