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AQI cell disrupted in Diala

November 21, 2008 - 04:51:01

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: The police forces disrupted a cell of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) responsible for home-making and detonating improvised explosive devices during a search raid conducted in western Baaquba city on Friday, a senior security official said.

“Policemen arrested all three members of an AQI cell during an operation carried out in al-Katoun neighborhood, (3 km) western Baaquba,” the Diala police chief, Maj. General Abdelhussein al-Shimari, told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The cell members are suspected of involvement in home-making and detonating IEDs in different areas of Diala,” he added.

Earlier on Friday, Shimari said an AQI emir (leader) was captured for suspected involvement in a car bombing attack that targeted the local council building in Baaquba nearly a month ago.

Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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