Fourteen suspected al-Qaeda members arrested south of Baghdad

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An Iraqi army force arrested 14 suspected al-Qaeda members in a military operation conducted Tuesday (May 29th) in several areas south of Baghdad, Iraq's Defence Ministry reported.

"A force from the Iraqi army's 17th Division carried out a raid and search operation in Arab Jubour, Sayyid Abdullah and Latifiya, south of Baghdad, and arrested 14 al-Qaeda members," the ministry said in a statement.

"During the operation, the unit found a weapons and ammunitions cache containing 25 improvised explosive devices and 680 mortar shells," according to the statement.