Kirkuk, 17 August 2007 (Voices of Iraq)

Iraqi security forces arrested 87 suspected gunmen during a military operation on early Thursday in southern Kirkuk, a security source said.

“A joint force of Iraqi army and police personnel waged at dawn a crackdown operation in southern Kirkuk, during which 87 suspected gunmen in al-Senaa neighborhood were arrested,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The operation ended also with the confiscation of 40 Kalashnikovs and three unknown vehicles,” he also said, adding no further details. Iraq Updates

Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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