Leading element of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq detained in Wassit:

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A leading member of the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq” has been detained by the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) in southern Iraq‘s Wassit Province on Saturday, according to an RDF source in Wassit. “The Interior Ministry’s Rapid Deployment Force in Wassit Province has detained Khalaf al-Duleimy, one of the leaders of the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq,” with a quantity of arms and ammunition that were found in his house in Suewira township, 135 kms to the north of Kut,” the spokesman said. He said the detention took place according to intelligence information and the issuance of an arrest order by an Iraqi court, adding that the detainee “is being interrogated and would be sent to an investigation judge later.” Kut, the center of Wassit Province, is 180 kms to the south of Baghdad. PT / SKH 1608