Armed groups financier nabbed in Thi-Qar
THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces arrested one of the most important financiers of armed groups in Thi-Qar and found explosives in his possession, a local police chief said on Wednesday.
The Thi-Qar police arrested the man in al-Juwieber region, Karmat Bani Saad district, eastern Nassiriya, General Sabah al-Fatlawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The forces raided his house and arrested him after trading fire for some time, he added.
They found six bombs, a Katyusha rocket and a number of light weapons and explosive materials, he said.
Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, is 380 km south of Baghdad.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-10-21 |