2 men captured near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two wanted men were captured with weapons in their possession east of Mosul city on Saturday, an Iraqi army source said. “A joint force from the Iraqi army and U.S. troops captured two wanted men in the area of al-Samaqiya, east of Mosul, and their weapons seized,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The two men are remanded under investigative custody,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3