11 al-Qaeda gunmen arrested in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Thursday arrested eleven al-Qaeda gunmen in north of Baaquba, the chief of the Diala police said. “Police forces launched a military operation in al-Hashimiya village in Khales district, north of Baaquba, where they arrested 11 al-Qaeda wanted men,” General Abdul Hussein al-Shemri told IraqiNews.com news agency. He gave no further details. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1