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10 missile launching pads, ammo seized in Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Security forces in Missan seized 10 missile launching pads and munitions in central al-Amara city on Sunday, the province’s bomb squad chief said. “Personnel from the bomb squad department seized 10 missile launching pads, three mortar shells of 52 mm. caliber, one mortar shell of 120 mm. caliber and three anti-armor landmines in central Amara,” Maysan Sobeih told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not name the area where these munitions were seized. “The raid is part of the new security plan hatched by the Missan police department ahead of the provincial council elections, scheduled to be held late this month,” he added. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1

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