Asayesh forces find big depot in Arbil

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Kurdistan’s Asayesh forces seized on Wednesday a big weapons depot in Arbil, Asayesh said in a statement. “Anti-terrorism unit of Asayesh forces found on Wednesday a big weapons depot of Ansar al-Islam armed group and arrested a terrorist in Arbil,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. “The depot contains a number of Rocker Propelled Grenades (RPG), mortar shells, explosive materials, light weapons and explosive belts,” it added. Asayesh or asayish (Kurdish for security) is a Kurdish organization, created in September 1993. It is referred to as an “intelligence agency”, Kurdistan’s intelligence agency, “security force”, “security service”, “security police”, “secret service”, “secret police”, or just “Kurdish police”. It is related to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. SH (P)/SR 814