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| Iraq |
| Top militant leader detained in Iraq |
| 2011-03-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] Iraqi security forces have tossed in the calaboose a senior beturbanned goon leader with alleged links to the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq network in the western province of al-Anbar. The unnamed self-styled leader of the beturbanned goon group was caught on Wednesday in the city of Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity... located some 69 kilometers (43 miles) west of the capital Storied Baghdad after police received a tip off on his whereabouts, an Iraqi army source told the Aswat al-Iraq news agency on condition of anonymity. Security forces also discovered two boom belts and three bombs as they searched the building. The so-called "war minister" of al-Qaeda in Iraq was wanted in connection with a series of deadly terror attacks against civilians and Iraqi government forces across the country. He was preparing for a new spate of terrorist attacks. He succeeded al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, the former 'war minister' of the Islamic State of Iraq, who was killed in late February during a security operation in the city of Hit in Anbar province. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is a shadowy group originally led by Jordanian beturbanned goon Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in June 2006. Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been blamed for some of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country since the US-led invasion of the country began in 2003. |
| Posted by:Fred |