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| Iraq |
| 7 gunmen planning attacks on pilgrims captured in Diala |
| 2009-07-18 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi forces on Friday captured seven persons who planned armed operations against pilgrims heading for the capital Baghdad, an official security source in Diala said. "The seven arrested men are members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) network in the area of al-Muradiya, Baaquba, district," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Earlier on Friday, the governor of Karbala said some 10,000 security forces were deployed on the roads leading to Karbala and Baghdad to protect the pilgrims flowing on foot in the two cities to celebrate the death anniversary of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh top holiest figure for the Twelver Shiite Muslims. "The deployment occurred on the roads between Karbala and Baghdad, Karbala and al-Hilla and Karbala and Najaf," Amal al-Din al-Hirr told Aswat al-Iraq. "The pilgrims are flowing on foot to reach the city of al-Kadhemiya in Baghdad while others are making for Karbala to visit the holy shrines of Imam al-Hussein and his brother Imam al-Abbas," he said. Checkpoint were intensified to protect the visitors as part of a plan comprising all security agencies as well as the sniffer dogs department, formed a few days ago, Hirr added. |
| Posted by:Fred |