2 “Islamic State of Iraq” leaders arrested in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Army forces have arrested two leaders from the self-styled “Islamic State of Iraq” in eastern Mosul, an army source said on Wednesday. “On Wednesday, a force from the third Brigade of the Quick Intervention Corps (QIC) arrested two leaders from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq’ in Mosul’s eastern neighborhood of al-Zahraa,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Intelligence reports have led to their whereabouts,” the source noted, adding that the leaders were arrested in two separate houses in the same area. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1