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66 wanted men arrested in Karbala

March 2, 2009 - 05:36:15

KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi security forces arrested 66 wanted men during a security operation in Karbala, the chief of local police said on Monday.

“A total of 66 wanted men have been arrested in Karbala during a wide-scale crackdown operation waged in the province since the beginning of this week,” General Ali Jassem Mohamed told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Seven of them are wanted for terrorist cases and three suspected of being involved in killing a woman and injuring her daughter,” he noted.

Karbala is 110 km southwest of Baghdad.

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