10 AQI suspects arrested in Jalawlaa

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces on Tuesday arrested 10 suspected members of al-Qaeda-in-Iraq in Jalawlaa district, southwest of Khanaqin, according to a local source. “Today, three suspects were captured in al-Tajneed neighborhood, downtown Jalawlaa (30 km southwest of Khanaqin),” the source told Iraqi News. “Another force carried out a security operation in Abu Drag village and arrested seven suspects,” the source noted. An investigation is currently underway, the source pointed out, providing no further details. Khanaqin, one of the disputed areas between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG), is 155 km northeast of Baaquba, the capital city of Diala, which lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SS (P) 2