33 wanted men detained in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A total of 33 wanted men were arrested in separate areas in Basra on Thursday, media and information office of Basra police said. “Our forces waged 13 security operations in Basra, where they arrested 33 wanted men, including two Pakistanis and an Egyptian, who entered the country in a legal way,” a source from the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The criminal police managed to defuse a bomb planted in al-Baradiya region, central Basra,” he added. Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad.   SH (TP)/SR     863