DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Eleven gunmen were killed and 32 others wounded in the clashes that took place yesterday between al-Qaida operatives and Iraqi security forces in the al-Hidaid area, west of Baaquba city.“Four Iraqi security servicemen were killed and 22 others wounded in the clashes,” a local security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday.
He explained that among the 32 arrested gunmen there are ranking operatives of the al-Qaida. “The gunmen came to Diala from other provinces, and were arrested in a garden in the al-Hidadid,” the source added.
Yesterday, clashes erupted in the al-Hidaid city between Iraqi security forces and al-Qaida operatives.