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Nuri Abu Haider Al Oqabi, an alleged “leader of an assassination cell in Baghdad”, was captured from the district’s Shuala neighborhood, the military said. Oqabi “recently became the head of a punishment committee that executes judgement on perceived enemies of his organisation,” the military said. The military said he was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of 14 Iraqi army soldiers last month, plus many other such abductions and murders. Another person was also detained during the early morning raid.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi and US troops are patrolling the streets of Baghdad as part of the new security plan ordered by Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki to restore stability in the violent Iraqi capital. Despite the massive security crackdown, dozens of people have been killed in a series of insurgent attacks in Baghdad since the start of the operation on June 14.