30 rockets seized south of Nassiriya

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Thirty rockets of different kinds were seized south of the city of al-Nassiriya on Saturday, the Thi-Qar province police chief said. “A force from the Criminal Investigations Office in Thi-Qar province seized 30 rockets in Souk al-Sheikh district, south of Nassiriya,” Maj. General Mohsen al-Fatlawi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The rockets are from different origins,” Fatlawi said, not elaborating on these “origins”. He said that these rockets were seized thanks to tip-offs from a local resident, noting the bomb squad was summoned to remove them. AmR (P) 1