Woman hostage freed, kidnappers arrested near Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army’s 10 th Division forces freed a woman taken hostage and arrested her kidnappers south of the city of al-Amara on Monday, the division chief of staff said. “Military forces from the Division’s 38 th Brigade liberated a 24-year-old woman kept hostage and captured her kidnappers in Qalaat Saleh district, (45 km) south of al-Amara, tanks to intelligence tips,” Maj. General Nabil Yaseen al-Zaydi told IraqiNews.com. Zaydi did not reveal more details. Since June 19, Missan has been witnessing a security plan codenamed Bashaer al-Salam (Promise of Peace) the government said aimed to eliminate gunmen and outlaws and impose order and security all over the province. Missan is a Shiite province. Its capital city is al-Amara. Sitting on the Tigris River , Amara lies 390 km south of Baghdad . Missan, in the east of the country, bordering Iran , is home to many marsh Arabs. AmR (P) 1