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15 suspects nabbed in Kirkuk

January 26, 2009 - 07:34:41

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Fifteen wanted persons who are believed to belong to the so-called “al-Naqshabandiya” group were arrested during a security operation in Kirkuk on Monday, according to a local police chief.

“During an early hour on Monday morning, a joint force from the police, army, the intelligence and the criminal investigations department conducted a search raid in al-Dabs district (45km northeast of Kirkuk),” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Al Naqshabandiya is a group that introduces itself as an Islamic spiritual dogmatic organization, but its ideologies changed into ones of armed struggle against the occupation forces.

Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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