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Iraqi security forces: al-Qaeda leader detained (Extra)
Mar 4, 2007, 18:51 GMT
Tikrit - A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported.
Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya.
'This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi,' the Salaheddin provincial administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement.
Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of Baghdad.
The Islamic State in Iraq organization claimed responsibility Saturday for the murder of 18 policemen.
Al-Zarqawi, the former leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq, was killed in the summer of 2006 by a US airstrike.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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I really hope this is true, I really hope they are making the SOB talk using methods that would make Quintin Tarentino sick to his stomach and I really hope he leads us to Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
Either he is in fake Al Qaidah, or he has not been caught. Zarqaavi was killed by mistake, otherwise he would have been spared. Wasn't Yasser Arafaat spared by Israel in Lebanon, Abbas is clser in ties to Olmert than Hanyia. Wasn't Zarqaavi spared so many times?
We decide who lives and who gets caught!
Now get to work with the nightstick and razor blades on this vermin.
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lets hope soMar 4th, 2007 - 19:40:24
If the news is accurate it will amount to a major blow to the the terroris organisation of the Qaeda
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