Terror group responsible attacks in Baghdad arrested

• Source: Xinhua
• [10:51 August 22 2009]
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A terror group responsible for Wednesday's deadly attacks against Iraqi ministries in Baghdad was arrested, Baghdad Operation Command said.

Major general Qassim Atta, spokesman of the Baghdad Operation Command said at Iraqia TV that, after several hours of raid, they have arrested a terrorist group responsible for the truck attacks against Iraq Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday, which has claimed casualties nearly 1,300 people.

Atta said, the terror group was linked to the former Ba'ath party, and they planned and carried out the two deadly attacks.

He didn't say how many were arrested, but confirmed that the group under arrest would be shown on TV in a few hours.

Earlier, Qassim Atta said that casualties of Wednesday's attacks had increased to 87 killed and more than 1,200 people wounded, most of whom had already recovered from hospitals.

Interior Ministry sources previously told Xinhua, on condition of anonymity that the blasts killed 95 people and wounded 563 others.

The ministry has yet to release the number of casualties of government officials from the blasts, but a Foreign Ministry staff told Xinhua anonymously that at least 25 were killed and 100 wounded in the ministry.