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| Iraqi Jailhouse stories: Weapons seized in Diyala |
| 2016-04-24 |
| (IraqiNews.com) Diyali – Diyali Police Command announced on Saturday seizing a large cache of weapons and explosives in the vicinity of al-Mansouriya east of Baqubah. Diyali Police chief, Maj. Gen. Jasim al-Sa’adi, said in a press statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “Security forces belonging to the police and al-Hashed al-Asha’ri [militia] conducted inspection operations in groves located in the vicinity of al-Mansouriya (45 km east of Baqubah), resulting in the seizure of a large hideout that contains more than 130 Kalashnikov rifles, thermal missiles and gunpowder used for manufacturing explosive devices, in addition to destroying a boat for ISIS that was used for transferring the explosives.” Sa’adi also added, “The raid operations came in accordance with the strategy adopted by the leadership of the police in preventing the presence of any foothold for terrorists, in addition to launching tactical and proactive operations in order to achieve the internal stability and protect the liberated areas.” |
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