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16 persons nabbed near Kirkuk

March 2, 2009 - 07:51:15

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A joint force on Monday arrested 16 persons near Kirkuk city, according to a local police chief.

“Today, a joint force from the local police, the emergency squad and the criminal investigations department launched a search raid in al-Sinaie neighborhood and the villages of Rajabat and Girdaglo (10 km southwest of Kirkuk),” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Sixteen persons were arrested during the raid under Article IV of the Terrorism Law,” the official explained.

Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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