2 wanted on “terror” charges captured in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces captured two men wanted on charges of involvement in “terror” charges and two others during search raids all over Basra province on Saturday, a local police sources said. “Policemen conducted search raids in different areas of the province, arresting two persons wanted on charges of involvement in terrorist activities. One of the two was disguised as an Iraqi army officer in the rank of major,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He added that one of the two men is originally a local resident of Ramadi, the capital city of the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, and resided in Shatt al-Arab area nearly one year ago. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1