5 wanted persons captured in Basra raids

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen in Basra arrested five wanted men during 13 search raids all over the province on Thursday, a local security source said. “Police forces in the province conducted 13 search raids, capturing a man wanted on charges of involvement in acts of terror and four others wanted on criminal scores,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to sea, lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 3