7 AQI operatives arrested in Khanaqin

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces detained seven gunmen of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in a village near Khanaqin on Friday, according to the district’s Emergency Police chief. “Emergency Police and Kermian security authorities arrested on Friday seven AQI members with 21 small arms seized in their possession in the village of Qaya, between the districts of Jalawlaa and Khanaqin,” Maj. Delir Sayed Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. Khanaqin, one of the disputed areas between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG) in northern Iraq, lies 155 km northeast of Baaquba. “The operation was conducted in accordance with intelligence tip-offs and the arrested AQI members are now remanded under investigative custody,” Qader added. Baaquba, the capital city of the restive province of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2