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3 “Islamic State of Iraq” suspected members arrested

January 14, 2009 - 03:25:06

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Three brothers believed to belong to the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq” were arrested in Huweija district, according to a local police chief.

“The three brothers, including one called Nasser Mostafa Hassan, were arrested during a raid on a house in Huweija district (60 km southwest of Kirkuk),” Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Those arrested are from Ramadi,” the official noted.
The self-styled Islamic State of Iraq is an armed organization that was set up in October 2006. Most prominent of its groups is al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by a man called Abu Omar al-Boghdadi.
Kirkuk, a mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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