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BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (KUNA) -- Special Iraqi troops arrested an arms trafficker
in the town of Al-Qaem close to the Iraqi-Syrian borders, according to a
statement released by the US Army on Tuesday.
The trafficker, whose nationality was not revealed, was nabbed according to
an arrest warrant in the region of Al-Rummaniah on September 18. Caches of
ammunition and rockets were found in the detainee's house, and were
confiscated.
The statement indicated that the operation was carried out in coordination
with American personnel.
Authorities have been clamping down on activists smuggling arms across the
borders of the country.
Relations between and Iraq and Syria have recently deteriorated in shadow
of demands by Baghdad that Damascus hand over Baath elements suspected of
masterminding deadly bombings in the country. (end)
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