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8 AQI members arrested in Diala

March 7, 2009 - 01:40:17

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: A combined Iraqi force on Saturday arrested eight members of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) network north of Baaquba city, according to the Diala police chief.

“The arrests took place in a raid conducted by a combined Iraqi army-police force,” Maj. General Abdulhussein al-Shimari told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that a roadside bomb went off at al-Moalimeen neighborhood, central Baaquba, causing damages in a shop but left no casualties.

Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

MH (P)/AmR

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