11 wanted men nabbed, IED defused in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Eleven wanted persons and suspects were arrested and an explosive device was dismantled during search raids in different parts of Basra, a local police source said on Sunday. “Five wanted persons were arrested on criminal charges, two others on terror-related charges, in addition to four suspects,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. An improvised explosive device (IED) was defused in Abi al-Khaseeb district (20 km south of Basra), the source noted. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1