Diala police arrest 2 female suicide bombers

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Friday arrested two female suicide bombers in two separate operations in Diala, according to an official police source. “Policemen on Friday waged a security raid in al-Ameen region in central Baaquba, where they arrested Nedal Abdul Wahed al-azawi who was preparing to implement a suicide attack at the center of the city,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Police forces also launched another operation in Abi Saida district in Muqdadiya, east of Baaquba, where they arrested Rabieea Kazem Mohamed, a suspected suicide bomber,” he noted. He gave no more details. Diala province, a mix of Sunnis and Shiites, extends to the northeast of Baghdad as far as the Iranian border. Its capital is Baaquba, 57 km northeast of Baghdad . It covers an area of 17,685 square kilometers (6,828 sq mi). A large portion of the province is drained by the Diala River , a major tributary of the Tigris . Because of its proximity to two major sources of water, Diala’s main industry is agriculture, primarily dates grown in large Date Palm groves. It is also recognized as the orange capital of the Middle East . In January 2008 Operation Phantom Phoenix was launched in an attempt to eradicate the remnants of al-Qaeda network following the Diala province campaign between 2006 and 2007. SH (S) 1