21 arrested in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Twenty-one men wanted on “terrorist and criminal” charges were arrested and an amount of munitions seized during a security operation conducted in different areas of Basra, a local police source said. “The Basra police department personnel conducted a search in several areas of Basra, capturing 21 wanted on terrorist and criminal scores and 10 suspects others and seized munitions of light arms,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give more details. The oil-rich predominantly-Shiite port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1