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20 detained in Kirkuk

January 22, 2009 - 10:14:04

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi-U.S. forces on Thursday arrested 20 wanted and suspected gunmen during a security raid in the southwest of Kirkuk, the chief of the local police said.

“An Iraqi police force, backed by U.S. troops, waged a wide-scale operation in al-Hai al-Senaaei region, Dokhiliya village, al-Sayez region, and al-Mustafiya village in Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, where 20 wanted and suspected gunmen were arrested,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Saddam Yassein Taha, a wanted man, was among the detainees,” Qader noted.

“The forces also seized 25 unlicensed guns and 4 motorcycles of armed groups,” he added.

Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

 

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