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Diyala Defenses
Iraqi-Iran War era Land mine attack kills sheep herdDiyala (IraqiNews.com) A landmine left over from the Iraqi-Iranian war in the 1980s exploded in Wednesday in a herd of sheep in Diyala, killing most of the animals, according to a local official. The landmine, which dates back to the 1980-1988 war between Iraq and Iran, went off and killed most of a sheep herd in Qazania, 1200 Km of Baqubah, near the borders with Iran, according to the town’s mayor, Mazen al-Kazai. “Regions on the borders between Iraq and Iran at Qazania are riddled with landmines which kill several shepherds and their animals every year,” Khazai was quoted as saying by Alsumaria News. Dozens of landmines drift with seasonal floods towards farmlands, adding to the citizens’ suffering over the past years, he said, urging the defense ministry to erect warning signs to avoid human losses. Qazania municipality said Sunday it had formed a panel of environment officials to tackle the landmines issue to draw a map of their locations. ISIS kidnaps 5 workers near Baqubah Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Diyala province revealed that the Islamic State group attacked a government company near Naft Khana, east of Baqubah, and abducted five workers, Alsumaria reported on Wednesday. The source said, “Islamic State’s militants attacked, before noon today, the headquarters of Hamorabi Company, near Naft Khana, as well as abducting five workers and burning some machines.” “Security forces cordoned off the area of incident, and opened an investigation into it,” the source added. Hamorabi Company is carrying out a project to rehabilitate a road to Naft Khana, backed by the International Monetary Fund. Iraqi forces seize munitions cache in Raka Haji Suhail area Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala Police Chief, Major General Jassim al-Saadi announced on Wednesday discovering a cache of rockets, and arresting four persons on criminal and terrorism charges in the province. Saadi said in a press statement, “Security forces, based on intelligence information, carried out a search operation in the orchards located on the banks of Diyala River in Raka Haji Suhail area, and managed to discover a cache containing nine SPG-9 rockets and six 106 rockets.” “Security forces from the police also raided the areas of al-Khalis, Bani Saad and Mukdadiyah, and arrested four persons wanted on criminal and terrorism charges,” Saadi added. Security forces in Diyala Province discovered many caches of weapons and arrested dozens of criminals and terrorists in the last months. Posted by: badanov 2017-01-26 |
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