PM: Persons involved in Wednesday bombings captured

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced on Saturday that the persons involved in last Wednesday’s bombing attacks in Baghdad were captured. “Terror forces and their remnants inside are still at work to sabotage the political process. However, I assure the Iraqi people that the national security forces are still capable of confronting these forces,” Maliki said in a televised speech on the occasion of the beginning of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan for both Sunni and Shiite Muslims today (Aug. 22). “Security forces managed to detect the criminals involved in these attacks and the outcome of the investigations will be announced for the Iraqi people once they are completed,” he added. On Wednesday (Aug. 19), the Iraqi capital Baghdad was rocked by six blasts with improvised explosive devices and car bombs. On Thursday (Aug. 20), the recent tally of casualties of the bombings were announced by Maj. General Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Fardh al-Qanoon (law imposing) security plan, to be 82 deaths and 1203 others wounded. AmR (P)/SR 1