Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

URGENT / 37 Austrian rockets found in west Anbar

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: At least 37 Austrian-made rockets have been discovered in a large weapons depot in west Iraq’s Anbar Province on Sunday, according to an Anbar Police Command’s source.   “Intelligence information have enabled the Police forces in Haditha city, west of Anbar Province, to discover a rocket’s depot in its Mohammadiat area, comprising 37 Austrian rockets, 21 ammunition containers and 2 rocket-launching pads,” the Police source told IraqiNews.com news agency, charging that “security information had pointed out that the depot belongs for al-Qaeda organization.”   He said the Police forces had also managed to arrest 2 wanted persons, charged with having carried out armed acts against civilians in the Province.   Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, is 110 km to the west of Baghdad.   SKH (ST) 536