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66 wanted men nabbed south of Mosul

November 11, 2008 - 05:55:06


NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi security forces on Tuesday arrested 66 wanted men and detonated a car bomb in two separate incidents in Mosul, a security source said.

“A joint force of army and police forces managed to arrest 66 wanted men in a security raid in al-Buseif region in south of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The forces also confiscated 22 Kalashnikovs and two guns,” he added.

Meanwhile, the same source said that a police force detonated a booby-trapped car in al-Qayara region in south of Mosul, without casualties.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides.
Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority.
The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble.
The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum.

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