16 wanted men nabbed in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Joint forces on Monday arrested 16 wanted men and seized an amount of ammunition during a crackdown operation in southern Basra, the media office of the Basra police said. “ Joint police-army forces launched a wide-scale security operation in Umm Rusas island in southern Basra, where they arrested 16 wanted men,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. “ The forces seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition,” it added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1