Friday, October 11, 2024

Baghdad

6 AQI members nabbed in Baaquba

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Diala security forces arrested six members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) network in central Baaquba on Sunday, a senior police official said. “The six AQI operatives were captured in a search raid in Baaquba,” Maj. General Abdulhussein al-Shimari, the Diala police chief, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A weapons cache was seized during the raid,” Shimari added, not giving more details. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1