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Six 'Islamic State of Iraq' gunmen arrested in al-Tharthar
Police, with support from the Iraqi army, have arrested six gunmen from the al-Qaeda-affiliated "Islamic State of Iraq" in al-Tharthar basin, south of Samarra, police said Saturday.A special unit from the Samarra police carefully planned an raid after receiving intelligence about the presence of an al-Qaeda cell at a residential building in an agricultural area in al-Tharthar. Salaheddine police spokesman Hasan al-Majmaie said the detainees include "four wanted terrorists". He said police found an explosives vest, a number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), one Katyusha rocket, and several mobile phones, leaflets and "letters from al-Qaeda emirs" in the detainees' possession. Posted by: ryuge 2013-03-03 |
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