2 special groups’ commanders arrested in Hilla

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces arrested two special groups’ commanders in Hilla, said a security source from Babel province. “The arrests took place during a raid operation that targeted the commanders’ two houses in Al-Askari neighborhood, central Hilla,” Major Majid Al-Imara told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The commanders are wanted by security forces according to Article-4 terror,” he said. He pointed out that the operation was based on intelligence tip-offs. The ‘special groups’ is a term used by the U.S. army in Iraq to refer to armed groups funded and trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR   2