2 brothers detained by US air landing in Salah al-Din

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: A U.S. force has detained the two brothers of a wanted man, in an air-landing operation in Salah al-Din Province on Tuesday, a police source reported.   “An American force implemented an air-landing operation in three houses in Hay al-Jibour of Diloiya township, 90 km to the south of Tikrit, the center of Salahal-Din Province early Tuesday. They detained two brothers of a wanted man, who was not found during the operation,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that the operation “took place without  the knowledge or coordination with the security forces in the said township,” pointing out that the “force that implemented the operation had been American only and not a joint force (with Iraqi forces).”   Tikrit, the center of Salah al-Din Province, is 175 km to the northeast of Baghdad.   SKH (TS)/SR 501