11 al-Qaeda gunmen arrested in Diala
February 26, 2009 - 09:06:05
DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Thursday arrested eleven al-Qaeda gunmen in north of Baaquba, the chief of the Diala police said.
“Police forces launched a military operation in al-Hashimiya village in Khales district, north of Baaquba, where they arrested 11 al-Qaeda wanted men,” General Abdul Hussein al-Shemri told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He gave no further details.
Baaquba, the capital city of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.
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