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AQI leader arrested in central Kirkuk
 Aswat al-Iraq: Security forces in Kirkuk arrested a key member of an organization belonging to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in the central part of the city on Saturday, a senior security official said. "Forces from the Kirkuk Districts' Police Department on Saturday evening captured Shakir Mahmoud Awwad, a leading member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group, in the Ahmed Agha souk (market)," Brig. Sarhad Qader, the department chief, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "Awwad, a local resident of al-Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, is on the security agencies' list of wanted persons on charges of involvement in terrorism," Qader added.Posted by: Fred 2009-02-15 |
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