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| Iraq |
| Al-Qaeda leader arrested in Salah al-Din |
| 2008-06-24 |
| (VOI) - A joint force of Iraqi and U.S. personnel arrested on Monday night a senior leader of al-Qaeda group and one of his aides in east of Balad, Salah al-Din, a security source said. “Police and army forces, backed by U.S. troops, on Monday afternoon arrested Abdul Wahab al-Sahou, a senior leader from al-Qaeda, and one of his aides in al-Ajieliya village in east of Yathereb district,” Major Hussein Ali Saleh told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). “The operation was carried out based on intelligence tips,” he explained. Meanwhile, a source from Dalouiya police, who requested anonymity, confirmed the arrest of the man, who has been accused of killing policemen, army soldiers and civilians in the past four years. |
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