Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

5 wanted men nabbed in Anbar

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces on Monday arrested five wanted men, including a ranking operative of the Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) organization responsible for recruiting suicide bombers. “The ranking operative and four of his aides were all arrested in a raid operation that targeted a house in an area 27 km northeast of the Falluja city,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He explained that the attacking force seized rockets, arms, and four explosive belts in the same house. Falluja, the biggest city of the al-Anbar province, lies 45 km west of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1