(VOI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested 20 wanted men, seized weapons and defused 10 bombs in Diala within large security campaign waged in the province on Tuesday, the media adviser of the defense ministry said. "Iraq army and police forces arrested 20 wanted men, in accordance to arrest warrants, during crackdown operations launched in Diala within the large-scale campaign," General Mohammed al-Askari told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "The forces also found a house bomb, defused 10 explosive charges, and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunitions," he added.
A media official in the province's ground forces command had earlier said that local authorities in Diala on Tuesday imposed an indefinite curfew within preparations for a large-scale military operation to track down gunmen of al-Qaeda network. The curfew was imposed in the early hours of Tuesday for the operation to be launched by joint Iraqi-U.S. troops," the source, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, told the VOI. |