3 wanted men detained north of Hilla

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Wednesday arrested three persons, including two officers, during a security operation in north of Hilla, a police source said. “Policemen waged a crackdown operation in Albu Mustapha village, north of Hilla, where they arrested three wanted men, including two officers,” the source told IraqiNews.com. He gave no further details. Babel, a Shiite province that lies 100 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, has an area of 6,468 square kilometers (2,497.3 sq mi), with an estimated population of 1,385,783 people in 2003. The provincial capital is the town of al-Hilla. The ancient ruins of Babylon ( Babil , after which the region is named) are also in the province. SH (P) 1