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Iraq announces arrest of senior Zarqawi aide in Ramadi
 A senior aide to Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was arrested in Al-Ramadi in possession of documents and pictures showing him alongside Al-Zarqawi himself, the Iraqi government announced Monday. The relevant Interior Ministry statement said "terrorist Salah Hussein Abdelrazzaq was arrested Sunday evening" in Al-Ramadi and had in his possession a mobile telephone storing photos showing him and Al-Zarqawi.The ministry issued another statement which reported arrest of "terrorist Umar Ahmad Saleh, aka Abu Jibreel, a Tawhid and Jihad leader, in western Baghdad Monday morning." The statement added "the terrorist had in his possession weapons including RPG shells and rockets, automatic machineguns, mortars, three barrels of TNT, remote control devices, bullet proof vests, protective masks, and a car laden with explosives." The statement also reported the arrest of two suspects after a raid on a hideout of insurgents in Zeyouna in Baghdad. The raid also resulted in confiscation of 50 oxygen tanks and an electric detonator. Posted by: Fred 2006-05-16 |
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