DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Three armed cells, belonging to al-Qaeda organization, including 16 persons involved in killing, abduction and forcing hundreds of people to desert their homes, have been detained in northeast Iraq’s Diala Province on Friday, the Province’s Police Commander reported.“Our force have managed to detain 16 armed men, belonging to al-Qaeda organization, forming 3 armed cells, including the Emir (Prince) of the organization, Saleh Abdullah al-Kheilany. He, along with his cell, have killed 300 persons in al-Miqdadiya township, 45 km to the northeast of Baaquba, after ‘forcing them to drink a poisonous chemical substance,’ Lt-Brigadier, Jamil al-Shimmary told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He said that the Province’s Judicial Authorities have also issued arrest warrants against 50 persons, belonging to al-Qaeda organization, charged with Article 4 – Terrorism, following confessions by some detained al-Qaeda elements.