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Iraq |
AQI member killed in SaturdayÂ’s operation |
2010-11-28 |
“A leading member of the AQI, known as Abi Ammar al-Nejadi, was killed by Iraqi security forces,” Jawad al-Bolani said in statements reported by the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV. Earlier, a security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency that the security operation, conducted in al-Mansour neighborhood, western Baghdad, targeted the detention of the so-called “AQI ruler of Baghdad”. “A number of his escorts, one of them wounded in clashes with security forces, were captured,” the source said. Maj. General Ahmed Abu-Rugheaf, the ministry’s police affairs director, said the name of that so-called ruler is Abu Hussein, a dentist and a former inmate of Basra’s Boca prison. Abu-Rugheaf had said the “terrorist” group that attacked Our Lady of Salvation Church earlier this month was arrested on Saturday. “Security forces arrested the 12-man terrorist group, among them the new military commander of al-Qaeda Organization in Baghdad,” he said in statements broadcast by al-Iraqiya. “The group members confessed to involvement in and responsibility for the attack on Our Lady of Salvation Church. They also confessed to their participation in a large number of terrorist operations, including attacks on gold jewelry stores, the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), al-Arabiya channel and the recent blasts in Baghdad, as well as to home-making of explosive charges and belts,” he added. Six tons of explosive charges, along with a quantity of toxic material, were also seized in their hideout, he said. |
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