BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces arrested 12 Al-Qaeda members accused of making bombs and financing militant operations in the northern city of Mosul, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Al-Askari, the ministry spokesman, said security forces seized a sophisticated factory where hand grenades, bombs and silenced guns were made. He said the men had confessed to working for the organization and financing attacks. “Iraq will not be a fertile land for Al-Qaeda, and won't be a main shelter (for them). Iraqi land ... won't allow terrorist groups to work on it to target innocent people,” Askari said.
