 US troops said they had captured a cell leader of the al-Qaeda in Iraq terror organisation. Ammar Abu Bara, alias Amar Hussein Hasan, was arrested on Wednesday in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, by troops of the Army's 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, a US statement said. The statement said Abu Bara was taken into custody during a cordon and search operation in a neighbourhood in northern Mosul.
| Is that part of Operation Rat Gnaw? Or is this a different operation? |
Abu Bara replaced Abu Talha, former terror cell leader for the Mosul area who was arrested last month, the statement added. |