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2 Gunmen arrested while targeting military base in Mosul

June 15, 2009 - 06:41:47

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two gunmen were arrested Monday while attempting to launch two Katyusha rockets at an Iraqi military base in northern Mosul, a military source said.

“A force from the 3rd brigade of the Quick Response Department (QRD) managed on Monday (June 15) to arrest two gunmen in al-Arabi neighborhood in northern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The force seized also the two rockets,” he noted.

“The rockets were prepared to be launched at al-Kindi base in northern Mosul, used by the 2nd division of the Iraqi army,” he also said.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.

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