3 Mahdi Army fighters arrested

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces captured three suspected aides of a wanted fighter of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militias during a combined security operation in northwestern Baghdad on Thursday, according to a U.S. army statement. “The apprehension took place in an operation based on a warrant issued by an Iraqi judge,” read the statement as received by IraqiNews.com news agency. “Iraqi security forces, aided by U.S. army advisors, searched two buildings for a leading fighter of the Mahdi Army, believed to be involved in improvised explosive device attacks on Iraqi security forces and the American military,” it added. AmR (P) 2