08/19/2011
The oldest Iraqi Interior Ministry deputy, Adnan al-Asadi, emphasized that smuggling of weapons from Iranian borders into Iraq is continued widely and Iraqi officers who were involved in these smuggling operation are arrested, Iraqi newspaper Azzaman wrote on August 10th.
Yesterday, in a press interview, al-Asadi said: Smuggling weapons from Iran is done via Maysan province in Iraq, formally and informally, and in large volumes of missiles and bombs. He added: three security force officers have been arrested; one of them was a justice ministry officer, the second was an anti-terrorism officer, and the third one was an officer of border forces.
