8 wanted men detained in Thi-Qar
November 11, 2008 - 03:56:36
THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Tuesday arrested eight wanted men in central Nassiriya city, the spokesman for the Thi-Qar police department said.
“Acing on intelligence information, the forces waged a security raid in central Nassiriya, where they arrested the eight wanted men,” Major Naser al-Majedi told Aswat al-Iraq.
“The detainees are being subjected to investigation,” he added.
Thi-Qar, 380 km south of Baghdad, has an area of 12,900 square kilometers (4,980.7 sq mi). In 2003 the estimated population of the governorate was 1,454,200 people.
Thi-Qar was the second Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis.
The province’s capital is the city of al-Nassiriya. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash and Ngirsu. Before 1976 the province was known as al-Muntafiq.
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