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2 wanted men arrested, explosives seized in Basra

February 6, 2009 - 04:40:54

BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two wanted men were captured while C4 explosives were seized and an improvised explosive device dismantled near a mosque in northern Basra province on Friday, a police spokesman said.

“Two wanted persons were arrested during a search raid in different areas of Basra,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The bomb squad seized a bag containing 25 kg of C4 explosives and TNT and defused an IED weighing 5 km in the area of al-Ablah, (8 km) northern Basra, near the mosque of Ali al-Safi, a top aide of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,” the source said.

The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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