The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has uncovered what it calls an Al-Qaeda plot to unleash suicide bomb attacks in Sulaimaniya, northeastern Iraq, during the Kurdish new year Newroz celebrations on March 21. A vehicle carrying ten explosive-laden vests and other material in the Kifri area have been intercepted, a PUK official told the Turkish Daily News on condition of anonymity. A man and a woman have been arrested for carrying the explosives and making bombs. The suspects, reportedly belonging to Ansar-al-Islam, an outfit linked to the Al-Qaeda, informed the security forces that the bombs were to be used in suicide attacks in Sulaimaniya on March 21.