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4 Qaeda-linked group gunmen detained in Mosul

January 27, 2009 - 05:14:49


NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi army troops on Tuesday captured four gunmen from the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq in eastern Mosul, a military source said.

“A force from the 3rd brigade of the Iraqi army on Tuesday (Jan. 27) arrested four al-Qaeda’s Islamic state in Iraq gunmen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that one of the detainees is a leader of the armed group.

“They are residents of the Talafar district and one of them is wanted for perpetrating six murders in al-Karama neighborhood in eastern Mosul,” he explained.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

SH (P)/SR

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