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Zarqawi follower arrested in Kirkuk
A follower of alleged Al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi was arrested in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, along with a suspected local kidnapping ring, the US military said on Tuesday.The suspect was arrested on Monday night, Colonel Lloyd Miles of the 25th Infantry Division told reporters during a press conference at the US military base at Kirkuk's airport. He provided no further details about the detainee. Miles also said that troops arrested eight Iraqis suspected of involvement in a recent wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between Kurds and Arabs. The ethnic tinderbox of Kirkuk is the scene of frequent violence between Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-07-27 |
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