| (KUNA) -- A high-ranking police officer escaped assassination Monday in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, at a time when 18 suspects were arrested. A Kirkuk police source told KUNA that an explosive device was detonated as the convoy of Kirkuk police chief Brigadier Sarhad Qader was passing by, damaging the patrol vehicle without causing casualties. Meanwhile, Iraqi police and members of the Multi-National Force waged a military operation in Aziziya district, western Kirkuk, today during which 18 suspects were arrested. |