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33 arrested, IED-making factory seized near Kirkuk

March 22, 2009 - 07:31:48

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi security and Multi-National Force (MNF) personnel arrested 33 people and seized a factory for home-making improvised explosive devices during a security campaign southwest of Kirkuk province, a senior security official said on Sunday.

“A combined force from the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department (KDPD) and the MNF launched a security campaign since last night and continued until today (March 22) morning in villages of the district of al-Huweija, (65 km) southwest of Kirkuk, arresting 33, including a number of wanted persons,” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the KDPD chief, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Also, a factory for making IEDs was seized,” Qader added.

The oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a city of mixed Sunni, Shiite, Kurdish and Turkmen population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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