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| Iraq |
| 4 wanted men arrested, weapons seized in Ninewa |
| 2008-08-13 |
| (VOI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested four wanted men and seized amounts of weapons and ammunitions in separate areas in Ninewa, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said on Tuesday. "Iraqi army forces seized 397 Kalashnikovs and 18 different guns during a crackdown operation waged in al-Karama and al-Refaaei neighborhoods in eastern and western Mosul," Brig. Khaled Abdul Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "Police forces confiscated 12 Kalashnikovs during a security raid in al-Dubat neighborhood in eastern Mosul," he added. Meanwhile, the brigadier said that "a force from the 9th brigade of the 3rd division managed to arrest a wanted man in Kharba al-Tebn village in Talafar district, west of Mosul, while another force from the 2nd division arrested three wanted men in al-Methaq neighborhood in southeastern Mosul." "The policemen found also five mortar shells in a deserted house in al-Zinjili region in western Mosul," he also said. |
| Posted by:Fred |