8 arrested, cache detonated in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen detained eight wanted men and detonated a weapons cache in an operation conducted south of the city of Baaquba on Friday, a security source in Diala said. “Policemen on Friday captured eight members of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in an operation in Buhrez district, (5 km) south of Baaquba, on charges of killing and force-displacing a number of local residents,” Diala police chief, Maj. General Abdulhussein al-Shimari, told IraqiNews.com. “The security forces also detonated an arms cache of several improvised explosive devices and explosive belts in the same place,” he said. Earlier in the day, Shimari had said policemen in Diala disrupted an AQI cell of three persons and arrested an amir (leader) of al-Qaeda. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1