4 al-Qaeda wanted men detained in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Quick Response Department forces arrested four al-Qaeda wanted men in northern Wassit, QRD chief said on Friday. “QRD forces arrested on Friday morning (Nov. 12) four al-Qaeda wanted men during a security operation in al-Khanasa and al-Shujiera regions in al-Suwiera district, north of Kut,” Colonel Aziz al-Ameer told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized amounts of weapons and explosives found in their possession,” he added. Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (P) 1