Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

Mufti of the so-called Mujahedin Army arrested in Anbar

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: The Special Missions Force in Falluja arrested the mufti of the so-called Mujahedin Army group during a security crackdown in al-Anbar, according to a statement by the U.S. army’s public affairs office in the province on Thursday. “The Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) forces, acting upon an arrest warrant, captured the leader of a terrorist cell belonging to the so-called Jaish al-Mujahedin (Mujahedin Army) as part of an operation conducted on April 20,” read the statement as received by IraqiNews.com news agency. According to Iraqi intelligence reports, the suspect is a mufti for the Mujahedin Army who incites murder and oversees attacks targeting Iraqi security forces, added the statement. “Cell phones, IDs, passports, CDs and different documents were seized during the operation,” it noted. AmR (P) 4