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Iraqi forces net terror cell in Anbar desert airdrop

A joint army and Counter-Terrorism Service force conducted an airdrop in western Iraq and arrested a terror cell, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said Tuesday (March 20th).

The forces carried out a "successful" airdrop deep into Anbar's desert, resulting in the arrest of members of an armed cell planning terror attacks in the coming days, the ministry said in a statement.

"The operation was accurately planned based on monitoring of the wanted elements over the past period by intelligence agencies," it said.

"Ten aircraft dropped the air-borne force near the target, 195 kilometres west of al-Assad airbase, after the area was besieged and secured by the army’s aircraft," it said.

All cell members were captured alive, the statement said.

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