3 IEDs defused, wanted man captured in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army forces defused three improvised explosive devices and arrested a wanted man in operations in different areas of eastern Mosul city on Thursday, a military source said. “A force from the Iraqi army’s 3rd Brigade’s 2nd Contingent defused an IED in al-Zahraa neighborhood without incident and another one of a 120 mm. mortar in the area of Sumer,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Another Iraqi army force defused an IED in al-Jazaer neighborhood without incident,” the source added. “A man wanted by Iraqi security authorities was arrested in al-Intissar neighborhood. The man, who is named Saddam Hussein Khalaf al-Issawi, is suspected of aiding gunmen,” the source added. AmR (P) 1