81 wanted men, suspects arrested in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen in Basra arrested 44 men wanted on “criminal” charges and 37 suspects in a wide-scale search raid in different areas of the province, according to Basra’s police information office. “The force also seized a large amount of munitions,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency, not revealing the number or types of these munitions. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.   AmR (P)/SR 1