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Iraqi Cops Arrest 5 in Basra Blasts
Police on Friday arrested five Iraqis believed linked to Al Qaeda and suspected in this weekâs suicide bombings in Basra, and the men led police to a stash of 20 tons of explosives, a police intelligence chief said.Sound like these policemen are doing their job Two of the men were caught in a truck carrying 3.5 tons of TNT, and the other three were captured in a house where another ton of explosives, along with mortar shells and rockets were found, said Col. Khalaf al-Badran, head of police intelligence in Basra. The men led police to a second house where police found 20 tons of explosives, TNT, mortar shells, rockets and artillery shells, al-Badran said. The five confessed to working with a Syrian connected to Al Qaeda who travels between Iraq and neighboring Kuwait, he said. On Wednesday, suicide attackers blew up cars stuffed with explosives and rockets outside police stations, killing 74 people, including children. Posted by: Sherry 2004-04-23 |
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