(VOI) -- A joint Iraqi-U.S. force captured five gunmen, including four wanted persons belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group in the western part of Kirkuk city on Monday, a security official said. "An Iraqi force, backed by U.S. troops, conducted a wide-scale search raid in the village of Kuwaybidha, (55 km) western Kirkuk, nabbing five gunmen, including four wanted members of the Islamic State of Iraq," Brig. Sarhad Qader, the Kirkuk districts' police chief, told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). The Islamic State of Iraq, announced in October 2006, is composed of seven armed organizations, most prominent of them is the al-Qaeda in Iraq. The group, active in central and western Iraq provinces, is led by a person of the name Abu Omar al-Boghdadi.
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