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Iraqi Troops Arrest Head of Qaeda-Linked Ansar al-Islam: US | ||
2010-05-05 | ||
[Asharq al-Aswat] Iraqi troops on Monday arrested the head of the Ansar al-Islam insurgent group in Baghdad, US forces said in a statement. "Iraqi Security Forces arrested the alleged leader of Ansar al-Islam and seven criminal associates during a series of joint security operations conducted in Mansour and Adhamiyah," it said, referring to areas of Baghdad.
Abu Zubaydah was his original controller. Ansar al-Islam was created in 2001 by veterans of the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan and had its headquarters in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the border with Iran. Shortly before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, US special forces and fighters from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan fought Ansar al-Islam whose fighters fled their headquarters. Into Iran, coincidentally. In September 2003, many Ansar al-Islam members formed the soon-to-be renowned militant group Ansar al-Sunna. Arabic for "Army of Splitters"...
Only in conjunction with al-Tawhid, which was Zarqawi's mob. | ||
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