Basra police capture 6 wanted men, free hostage

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen in Basra captured six wanted men and liberated a civilian taken hostage during search raids all over the province on Saturday, a local security source said. “The raiding force captured six persons wanted on criminal charges and freed a man taken hostage in the area of al-Ashar, central Basra,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to sea, lies 590 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3