2 suspects detained in Babel

January 27, 2009 - 03:39:40


BABEL / Aswat al-Iraq: Joint police and army forces on Tuesday arrested two suspected gunmen during a crackdown operation in the north of Hilla city, said a police source.

“Acting on intelligence information, joint police-army forces raided hideouts of gunmen in al-Ubeidi region in al-Mahaweel district, north of Hilla, where they arrested two suspected gunmen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He gave no more details.

Hilla, the capital of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad.

SH (P)/SR

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