(KUNA) -- Iraqi forces captured a terrorist cell leader, responsible for killing civilians, Iraqi and coalition forces over the past months, an Iraqi TV station reported Saturday. Al-Iraqiya semi-official station said Iraqi forces captured Abdullah Al-Katouni, a leader of a cell comprising 30 snipers who were hunting down civilians and Iraqi forces. | Iraqi rapid reaction forces, backed by American troops, raided a base used by Al-Jaish Al-Islami and killed scores of terrorists and captured their leader Saad Khalifa. |
The terrorists are responsible for killing a large number of civilians, Iraqi and coalition forces, it added. Brigadier Abdulkareem Khalaf, director of the Interior Ministry's national command center, said earlier today a key terrorist in so-called Al-Jaish Al-Islami (Islamic Army) organization was captured in northern Baghdad. Iraqi rapid reaction forces, backed by American troops, raided a base used by Al-Jaish Al-Islami and killed scores of terrorists and captured their leader Saad Khalifa.