Operation to track down outlaws in western Baghdad – BOC

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces are currently tracking down outlaws and criminal gangs at Abu Gharieb area, western Baghdad, the official spokesperson of Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) said on Wednesday. “The forces are arresting anyone who violates the law, regardless of his partisan or religious affiliations,” General Qassim Atta told IraqiNews.com news agency. “BOC aims to maintain security and stability in Abu Gharieb and to secure the region from gangs and al-Qaeda,” he said. Eyewitnesses from the area said that the campaign has been launched because of writings on the walls that praise the dissolved Baath party, which was in power in Iraq until Apr. 2003. MH (P)/ SH 1