I'm going to take this report with a bit of salt as the Iraqis have been known to "exaggerate" at times, but heck, even if it IS less than 70, it is a huge win for the good guys! Here's some of the brief article on it over at AswatalIraq:
At the same time, this does make some sense in that it is relatively near Mosul and there are certainly ample Iraqi security forces in that area right now. And it has been an extremely productive month for the Iraqi forces and American troops in Mosul - the number of captured al Qaeda and killed has gone up and up. Thus, one would assume that at some point the remnants of al Qaeda in Mosul had to move somewhere and perhaps this was a pocket of those who had fled the besieged area of Mosul. Good news, any way you look at it.
An Iraqi security force captured 70 suspected gunmen after their patrol came under fire in the district of al-Shurqat, northern Salah al-Din province, on Sunday, police said.
"An Iraqi police patrol came under fire attack by unidentified gunmen in the village of Sheikh Hamad, on the left coast of Shurqat district, prompting the security forces to launch a wide-scale raid, capturing 70 suspected gunmen," a police source
At the same time, this does make some sense in that it is relatively near Mosul and there are certainly ample Iraqi security forces in that area right now. And it has been an extremely productive month for the Iraqi forces and American troops in Mosul - the number of captured al Qaeda and killed has gone up and up. Thus, one would assume that at some point the remnants of al Qaeda in Mosul had to move somewhere and perhaps this was a pocket of those who had fled the besieged area of Mosul. Good news, any way you look at it.
70 suspected gunmen arrested in Shurqat raid
Salah al-Din, Jun 1, (VOI) – An Iraqi security force captured 70 suspected gunmen after their patrol came under fire in the district of al-Shurqat, northern Salah al-Din province, on Sunday, police said.
"An Iraqi police patrol came under fire attack by unidentified gunmen in the village of Sheikh Hamad, on the left coast of Shurqat district, prompting the security forces to launch a wide-scale raid, capturing 70 suspected gunmen," a police source, who asked to not have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).The source did not give further details.Shurqat district, which lies 80 km south of the city of Mosul, belongs administratively to the Salah al-Din province, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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