Wanted man nabbed in northern Babel

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A wanted man on Tuesday was arrested with arms and ammunition in his possession in northern Babel province, according to a security source. “The man was captured during a raid on his house in al-Iskandriya district,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Babel, a Shiite province that lies 100 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, has an area of 6,468 square kilometers (2,497.3 sq mi), with an estimated population of 1,385,783 people in 2003. The provincial capital is the town of al-Hilla. The ancient ruins of Babylon (Babil, after which the region is named) are also in the province. SS (P) 1