(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Iraqi authorities thwarted a major Al Qaeda attack eying pilgrims gathered to observe Ashura rituals. In a preventive operation, Iraqi authorities seized large quantities of weapons and arrested around 80 suspects involved in plotting attacks in the southern city of Karbala.
The suspects are from the Boys of Heaven, a group with links to Al Qaeda, General Othman Al Ghanimi said at a Baghdad news conference late yesterday.
The arrest was made upon intelligence, Al Ghanimi said.
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