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| Iraq |
| 4 gunmen arrested, 2 caches seized west of Ramadi |
| 2008-07-01 |
| (VOI) – Four gunmen were captured and two arms caches seized in the city of Rawa on Monday, an Iraqi police source said. "The gunmen were arrested in the village of al-Hasa, (20 km) western Rawa. The two seized caches contained RPG-7 and mortar shells," the source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). The source did not give further details about the incidents in Rawa, 180 km west of Ramadi. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. Anbar is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. The name of the province translates "granaries," as this region was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom. |
| Posted by:Fred |