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360 landmines seized in northern Nassiriya

March 17, 2009 - 03:54:04

THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A special force managed on Tuesday to seize 360 landmines in northern Nassiriya, the Thi-Qar police said.

“Acting on intelligence information, a SWAT team from the Thi-Qar police seized a depot containing 360 landmines in 7 Nissan region in al-Shatra district in northern Nassiriya,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The landmines were defused without incident,” he added.

Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, is 380 km south of Baghdad.

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