U.S. force arrests Karbala firm chief

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: A U.S. force arrested on Thursday the director of a local firm in Kabrala in an air-dropping operation on Thursday for unidentified reasons, the province’s police spokesman said. “The director of the Iraqi developed company was arrested by U.S. forces in an air-dropping operation. The police had no information on the reasons for the arrest,” Maj. Alaa Abbas told IraqiNews.com news agency. IraqiNews.com failed to contact the U.S. side for comments on the incident. The holy Shiite city of Karbala is located 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1