| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq-Jordan |
| Iraqi security forces detain seven Egyptians |
| 2005-07-11 |
| BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces have detained seven Egyptians as part of a counter insurgency operation in the Baghdad area, the government said on Monday. They also captured members of a terrorist cell linked to Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to a statement from Iraq’s council of ministers. Iraqi security forces also found a truck that had been turned into a launching pad for rockets, the statement said. No further details were made available. Separately, Iraqi forces detained a cell leader, another two Egyptian nationals and four members of the militant Mujahedeen Brigade as part of Operation Sword, a military offensive that ended recently in the western town of Hit, the statement said. The detentions were part of Operation Lightning, a major counterinsurgency sweep that began in late May with more than 40,000 Iraqi police and soldiers. The government announced on Thursday that the operation was winding down, though three new efforts in the Baghdad region would begin soon. |
| Posted by:Steve |