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Military reinforcements in Diala to hunt down gunmen
(VOI) -- Military reinforcements arrived on Friday morning in Diala province from Baghdad to participate in the operations recently announced by the Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki to track down gunmen, said a security source. "Scores of military vehicles carrying Iraqi troops with armored vehicles, arrived today in al-Moradiya area in Baaquba on the road linking Diala to Baghdad," the source told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI) on condition of anonymity. "The reinforcements came to participate in the imminent military operations in Diala," he said. He did not mention further details.In June 2008, the Iraqi premier Nouri al-Maliki announced "the next stage will be in Diala," referring to a military operation similar to Saulat al-Forsan (Knights Assault) in Basra and Bashaer al-Salam (Promise of Peace) in Missan. Posted by: Fred 2008-07-12 |
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