2 wanted persons arrested in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A security source in Wassit province announced that 2 wanted persons were arrested while planning to carry out armed attacks against important sites in the province.  The source told IraqiNews.com that an Interior Ministry  security force arrested the two persons in Suwaira area, 135 north of Kut city.  The arrest raid was carried out based on intelligence information.  The arrested persons confessed they had plannted to target important sites in the province.  Kut, the center of Wassit Province, lies 180 km south of the capital, Baghdad.  RM (TP)/SR 489