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Suspected members of armed groups arrested

February 22, 2009 - 06:30:32

ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Thirteen persons believed to belong to armed groups were arrested in eastern Falluja, a police source said on Sunday.

“The arrests were made in light of intelligence tips,” Lt. Col. Walid Nouri told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“One of those arrested confessed during preliminary interrogation that he is the leader of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq’,” Nouri noted.

Falluja lies 45 km west of Baghdad; while Ramadi, the capital city of Anbar, is 110 west of Baghdad.

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