Explosives seized inside mosque in Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: A police force seized an amount of highly explosive TNT in central al-Amara city on Saturday, according to a senior security official. “The force seized four kilograms of TNT hidden inside a coffin in al-Shahidain Mosque in al-Imarat al-Sinaaiya area, central Amara,” Col. Sadeq Sallam, the Missan Police Department’s information & relations director, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The operation was conducted after the mosque was raided and searched based on intelligence tip-offs,” Sallam added. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1