| (VOI) - Iraqi army forces on Tuesday arrested an al-Qaeda-linked group commander in Kirkuk, a military source said. “Iraqi army 3rd battalion conducted a raid-and-search operation in al-Riadh district, 60 km south-west of Kirkuk, capturing a commander of the self-proclaimed Iraq’s Islamic state,” a military source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). “Army forces seized a number of publications and Cd’s belonging to the group,” the source added without elaborating on the details. The elf-proclaimed Iraq’s Islamic state is a mantra for seven groups, in which al-Qaeda network in Iraq is the major one, staging attacks in central and west Iraq. |