Iraq working to preempt Qaeda attacks to avenge killing of leader
Iraq has tightened security measures, particularly in restive areas, to foil attacks by Qaeda following the assassination of its leader Osama Bin Laden by U.S. troops in Pakistan, a senior police source said.
The source, refusing to be named on security grounds, said the measures were the toughest in the provinces where al-Qaeda is still active.
“We should not give them (al-Qaeda) any chance to carry out revenge attacks for the killing of their leader Osama Bin Laden,” he said.
“We must close all doors in their face,” he added.
He said more security and military forces were deployed in the Provinces of Anbar and Diyala, still believed to be the group’s strongholds.
Al-Qaeda is reported to be active in the Province of Nineveh, of which Mosul is the capital, and the Province of Salahudeen, of which Tikreet is the capital.
In another development, U.S. and Iraqi troops, in a joint operation, have arrested three senior Qaeda operatives in Diyala, the same source said.
“A special airborne Iraqi-U.S. joint force arrested three al-Qaeda elements in Baaquba,” the source said. Baaquba is the capital of Diyala Province.
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