Booby-trapped house found in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen found on Wednesday a booby-trapped house in western Basra, according to a police source. “Acting on a tip-off, police forces raided a house in al-Qebla region in western Basra, where they found bombs, hand grenades, guns, ammunitions and an amount of C4,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Department of Criminal Evidence managed to defuse the bombs,” he added, noting that the house belongs to al-Qaeda leader, who had been arrested earlier. Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 2