Iraqi Forces Arrest 833 Suspects In Mosul
Baghdad, May 15, (VOI) - Iraqi security forces arrested (833) in the main northern city of Mosul as a new crackdown against Al-Qaeda entered its second day on Thursday, Interior ministry official said.
“About (833) suspected terrorists were detained so far since Saturday”, Brig. Gen. Abdel karim Khalaf, director of National command, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI) from Mosul.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who travelled to Mosul on Wednesday to spearhead the latest drive on al-Qaeda network, codenamed Um al-Rabiaeen (Mother of Two Springs), spent the night in the city of more than one million people, Iraqi officials said.
“52 of the arrested detainnees have been released for pleading innocent”, Khalaf said, “while investigations were underway with the rest”.
He added “the two offensives launched in Mosul were implemented by Iraqi troops”.
The US military said it was providing logistics and intelligence support for the Iraqi-led offensive.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north Baghdad.
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Kicking in doors and smashing AQ…one jihadi at a time….
May 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pmGet the pliers out, you all got a night’s work ahead of you.
833 arrests in 5 days, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the Iraqis seem like they ain’t playin’!
Let’s hope they torture a few, get some good intel, then go out and arrest 8,330…
May 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm833, Eight-Hundred and Thirty-three Mo Fo Yahoo Sob
May 15th, 2008 at 8:05 pmTowel-Headed Bed-Sheeter prisoners.
Make room at Club de Gitmo. Get those H2O boarding systems in tack.
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