Joint force arrests wanted man in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A joint force from the local police and the Multi-National Force (MNF) has arrested one wanted person in southwestern Kirkuk and found a cannon ball in the same province, an informed source said on Monday. “The man is wanted in accordance with Article IV of the Terrorism Law,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. A cannon ball of 160 mm caliber, belonging to the former Iraqi army, was found near the Khalo Bazyani intersection (25 km north of Kirkuk City), according to the same source. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1