Police on Saturday (August 11th) arrested 20 people in Mosul suspected of involvement in armed attacks, the Iraqi police in Ninawa province reported.
"The detainees include a suspect with Sudanese citizenship who was arrested with light weapons, explosives and al-Qaeda leaflets in his possession," Ninawa police spokesperson Col. Khalid al-Hamdani told Al-Shorfa.
The Sudanese suspect and seven Iraqi suspects were arrested in a building, he said. Police arrested 12 other suspects at an old factory in the western part of town with 400 kilogrammes of explosives in their possession.
Al-Hamdani said initial investigations with the defendants indicate they are linked to attacks carried out by al-Qaeda in the town in past weeks.
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صالح محمد علي
2012-8-11
The terrorism in Iraq is a horrible, bloody act against the human soul. God has forbidden the killing of the soul, except with justification. The killing in Iraq has become one act of the daily routine, and the terrorism has become an attack directed against all the churches. The issue has become a conflict between the Sunni and the Shiite. The machinery of murder and destruction has spread to reap everything. Islam is innocent of what is happening in Iraq, and the subject has gone beyond the scope of Islam. Murder has become a profession that has professionals and mercenaries to carry it out. Murder does not differentiate between a Muslim and a Christian or a Jew. Terrorism is reaping every life with the violent explosions, which do not differentiate between the religions. Terrorism must be condemned in all its forms, even if is targeting non-Muslim people. The Israeli state’s terrorism against the innocent people of Gaza is a kind of terrorism too. The terrorist attacks and bombings in Iraq have started happening on a daily basis. It is a cowardly and despicable act, and everyone who commits it must be condemned. The historical state of Iraq has become pain, terrorism and destruction. We must confront all the violent and extremist acts. The Iraqi government must combat and eradicate terrorism until the situation becomes stable and the Iraqi state returns to its former state. All the manifestations of violence and killing without justification must be stopped until the Iraqi security returns and until its development, betterment and security returns as well, and until Iraq flourishes, triumphs and excels, and goes back to being a stable country. It needs to get rid of America; that is the reason behind everything that is happening in Iraq.
سامي عبد الكريم
2012-8-11
We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks and the bloody crimes committed against the Muslim Iraqi people, and we send our condolences to the families of the dead and their friends and relatives, and we hope that everyone who has been injured in these despicable operations will be healed and receive full health care. This painful tragedy must be faced and eliminated with the cooperation of all the Arab, international and humanitarian organizations’ efforts to eliminate the terrorism and support the reconstruction of Iraq until it is once again safe and peaceful. The Iraqi government must play a major role to protect the Iraqi people and protect them from terrorism. Modern technical tools must be provided, as well as the best means, the best weapons and the best equipment to confront the terrorists and eliminate them. All the Iraqi people must be united towards a single objective, which is unity in the face of terrorism. A national consensus and dialogue among all the segments of the Iraqi spectrum must be established. All the national forces must be gathered towards one goal, which is the reconstruction of Iraq and the elimination of terrorism, which is a damned way, which is generated from extremist ideology. So the education, particularly the religious education, has a national goal: to confront the extremism and radicalism in the ideas. The modern, free society that has a free and open culture is a conscious and open society to the world; it helps to raise the cultural level and to eliminate terrorism by raising awareness to its dangers and its severe problems. The killing and the destruction are despicable acts which are cowardly and rejected.