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| Iraq |
| 2 AQI leaders nabbed in Wassit |
| 2009-07-07 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Monday arrested two al-Qaeda-in-Iraq leaders in northern Wassit province, according to a local security source. "On Monday, forces from the information department and the National Investigations arrested Majeed Kadhem Hussein al-Ajeili and Fadel Hussein Jassem al-Ajeili, two prominent leaders in the terrorist al-Qaeda network, during a raid on several houses in al-Suweira district (135 km north of Kut)," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The arrests were made in light of arrest warrants issued in accordance with Article IV of the Terrorism Law...," the source noted. Those arrested have been involved in armed operations against civilians and Iraqi security forces, the source explained. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 southeast of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Fred |