Ammo cache seized near border with KSA

March 5, 2009 - 03:06:12

THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A combined Iraqi force in Thi-Qar seized an ammunition cache in an area near the Iraqi-Saudi border, according to a release by the province’s police on Thursday.

“The cache was seized at al-Khrezat area on Wednesday evening,” read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The operation was conducted based on intelligence tip-offs,” he said.

Thi-Qar province lies 380 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

MH (P)/AmR

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