15 wanted men, suspects detained in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces arrested on Thursday 11 wanted men and four suspected gunmen during crackdown operations in separate areas of Basra, a police source said. “Police forces launched crackdown operations in separate areas of Basra, where eleven wanted men and four suspected gunmen were arrested,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized a Kalashnikov, a pistol and a sound bomb during the operations,” the source added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) /SR 1