Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

Two Katusha rockets, ready for launching, dismantled in Wassit:

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Southern Iraq’s Wassit Province’s Anti-Explosives Force have managed to dismantle two Katusha rockets, reading for launching towards a residential area east of Kut city, the capital of the Province, whilst another force had discovered an ammunition dump, comprising 87 rockets of different sizes in the north of the city, a Wassit security source said on Friday. Announcing the dismantling of the two rockets by the said force, the security source said the targeted area “does not comprise any militry position,” adding that the operation “aims at creating a state of anarchy in the Province.” Meanwhile, the same source said that another Anti-Explosives Force had “dsicovered an ammunition dump, comprising 87 rockets of different sizes, along with other arms and ammunition. Kut, the center of Wassit Province, is 180 kms to the southeast of Baghdad. PT / SKH 474