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Police forces nab 4 gunmen in Ninewa

September 24, 2008 - 02:03:36


NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested four gunmen in a raid operation in Ninewa, a police source said.

“Police forces captured four gunmen during a raid operation conducted in the districts of al-Mishahda and Al-Ghar Street, west Mosul,”a Ninewa police source said.

“The operation was based on an intelligence tip-off,” the source added.

Mosul, the provincial capital of Ninewa, 400 km north of Baghdad, is viewed by U.S. and Iraqi authorities as one of the last remaining al-Qaida strongholds in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a two-phase military crackdown in the northern city in May.

Ninewa officials said the gains from these operations, however, have disintegrated as militant groups re-entered the city there due to an insufficient number of Iraqi troops to maintain security following operations in May.

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