Diwaniya, 19 November 2007 (Voices of Iraq)
A large weapons depot was found on Monday afternoon at the center of Diwaniya, an Iraqi army source said.
“Joint Iraqi forces found a large weapons depot contains 17 Iranian-made anti-shields bombs, 15 locally manufactured bombs, and 15 Katyusha rockets,” Brigadier Jameel al-Shemri, deputy commander of the 8th division, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
“30 hand grenades, 10 Iranian-made anti-shields missiles, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) and different kinds of ammunitions were confiscated in Salem Street in al-Jumhouri neighborhood in central Diwaniya, he added.
“Four suspected gunmen were arrested during crackdown operations,” the brigadier noted.
The 8th Division commander Othman al-Ghanimi said at a press conference earlier in day that 73 suspected gunmen were arrested during a raid under Diwaniya’s Lion’s Leap security operation launched by Iraqi security forces in the province.
The Shiite province of Diwaniya lies 180 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.