Thursday, March 22, 2007
Nitric acid and chlorine containers impounded in search
Security
(Middle East Online) - Hundreds of Iraqi and US troops have pushed into troubled areas of western Baghdad, arresting 31 suspects and impounding containers of nitric acid and chlorine, the US military said Thursday. Around 1,100 US soldiers and 500 Iraqi troops swept into the Mansur district on Wednesday, conducting house to house searches. Iraqi forces detained 20 suspects and US troops another 11, while two weapons caches were seized with containers of nitric acid and chlorine, the military said in a statement.
Labels: chlorine, Mansour, nitric acid, raid
