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Baghdad

Police find missiles cache in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Police forces found on Tuesday a missiles depot in northern Wassit, according to a police source. “Policemen found this afternoon the cache in an agricultural area in al-Suweira district, north of Kut,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The depot contains 121 missiles, 350 cannonballs, 55 mortar shells,” he added, noting that the operation was lunched in light of intelligence information. Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km south of Baghdad. SH (TP) 1032