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Iraq: Army has al-Zarqawi's cameraman
Iraq's Defense Ministry said Saturday that the Iraqi army captured a man thought to be the personal cameraman for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the slain leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, the country's most feared terrorist group.Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari told al-Iraqiyah television that Khalid al-Hayani was detained in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. He declined to say when the capture occurred or give al-Hayani's nationality, saying that could hinder future operations against terrorists. He said videotapes and documents were found in al-Hayani's possession but did not describe their contents. The Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi, who was killed by a U.S. airstrike June 7 in Diyala, had appeared in several videos posted on militant Internet sites. One clip often played on Middle Eastern TV news channels showed him clad in black and firing a machine gun. An earlier one purported to show al-Zarqawi with his face covered, speaking to the camera before he slit the throat of a Western hostage.
Posted by: lotp 2006-10-28 |
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