Wednesday, September 25, 2024

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Re-recruited Diala policemen affiliated with AQI – official

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Head of the security committee of Diala provincial council on Saturday said that the majority of the 600 dismissed policemen who have been re-recruited in the province’s police are elements of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). “Diala police command re-recruited 600 policemen who had been dismissed from service due to different reasons,” Saja Qadori (Shiite) told IraqiNews.com. “Most of them are AQI’s members, and involved in killing and displacing crimes,” she said. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1