Security forces thwart an attack on a major power transmission tower

HADITHA, IRAQ: Destroyed pylons are seen in the middle of the Iraqi desert on the road from Al Asad to Hadithah, 250 km norhtwest of Baghdad, Iraq 16 February 2005. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI (Photo credit should read JAIME RAZURI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Security Media Cell announced that an attack on a major power transmission tower linking Baghdad with Diyala had been thwarted.

The Security Media Cell said in a statement seen by Alghadeer that the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency’s detachments in the Ministry of Interior, based on intelligence information, found out about the intention of ISIS terrorists to detonate one of the main active towers linking Baghdad and Al-Quds Electricity Station in the Al-Waziriya area between Diyala and Baghdad.

The statement explained that a working team was formed in light of the information and in coordination with the First Division of the Federal Police, noting that this attempt was thwarted and eight bombs were seized and dismantled by the bomb squads.

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