(VOI) - Joint Iraqi forces arrested a gunman, wounded one other, and arrested 13 wanted men, including an al-Qaeda leader in separate areas in Baghdad, the spokesman for Baghdad’s operations command said on Monday. “A joint force of police and army personnel arrested five wanted men during a crackdown operation in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad,” General Qassem Atta told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). “Iraqi army forces seized a large amount of weapons and ammunitions in Sadr City during a search operation,” he added.“A force from the 24th brigade arrested a three-person gang who killed a child after kidnapping him in al-Zaitoun region in Abu Gharieb neighborhood in western Baghdad,” Atta highlighted. “Another force from the same brigade killed a gunman and wounded another while attempting to plant a bomb on the main road in al-Nasr Wal Salam in Abu Gharieb,” he also said.
“Iraqi army forces captured this afternoon eight wanted men, including an al-Qaeda leader in al-Sheiha region in Khan Dari neighborhood in western Baghdad,” the spokesman explained. Iraqi security forces, backed by Multi-National Force (MNF) troops, had launched Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (Law Imposing) in February 2007 with the aim of enhancing the state power and impose law and order all over the capital Baghdad.