500 kg of explosives seized in Samawa

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen and Facilities Protection Department forces seized 500 kg of explosives in western al-Samawa city, a security official in al-Muthanna province said on Tuesday. “Facilities Protection personnel and Muthanna policemen seized on Monday 500 kg of TNT buried in an open desert area close to the Muthanna cement plant, some 40 km western Samawa,” Lt. Colonel Khaled Ajeel told IraqiNews.com. Samawa, the capital city of Muthanna province, lies 280 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1