KABUL: (Middle East Press) The Iraqi officials have launched an operations against the ISIL Takfiri militants in which dozens of ISIL Takfiri militants have been arrested in the capital Baghdad.
A statement issued by the Iraqi intelligence Sunday saying that 31 ISIL members who have been behind tens of bombings in Baghdad over the past months are now under arrest.
The statement added that the arrests were made in assistance with Iraqi security officials and the judiciary.
The suspects have carried out a total of 52 terrorist attacks in the city so far, said the statement.
“They confessed to 52 terrorist acts in different areas of our beloved Baghdad in 2014 and early 2015,” the statement said. It also said the operation “resulted in the dismantling of terrorist groups linked to what is known as Wilayat Baghdad”, an entity believed to be ISIL’s provincial arm operating in the area.
Large quantities of arms and explosive belts were seized during the operation along with “silencers, rigged cars and motorcycles, statements, (and) videos of their cowardly operations.”
The operations were conducted in various parts of Baghdad, including the north and south. However, no exact date has been provided by the officials, although other accounts suggest they were carried out last month.
