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| Iraq |
| 4 gunmen captured in Kirkuk |
| 2008-08-11 |
| (VOI) -- The Kirkuk districts' police force on Sunday captured four gunmen belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group in a security operation southwest of the city, the force chief said. "Policemen launched a wide-scale search raid in the district of al-Huweija, (70 km) southwest of Kirkuk, and the nearby al-Abbassi district, which resulted in arresting four gunmen of the State," Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). The Islamic State of Iraq, announced in October 2006, is composed of seven organizations, most prominent of which is al-Qaeda in Bilad al-Rafidain (al-Qaeda in Iraq). The group, active in central and western Iraq provinces, is led by a man of the name Abu Omar al-Boghdadi. Meanwhile, Qader said security forces in Kirkuk on Sunday seized an arms cache containing 155 mortar shells in the outskirts of Huweija. "The bomb squad experts detonated the shells without incident," Qader said, not giving more details. |
| Posted by:Fred |