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No. 2 al-Qaida Leader in Iraq Arrested
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| Last Edited | Imperator Sep 03, 2006 08:00am |
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| News Date | Sunday, September 3, 2006 12:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior operative in al-Qaida in Iraq, and the group now suffers from a ``serious leadership crisis,'' the national security adviser said Sunday.
Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said, adding that his arrest also led to the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members.
He was the second most important al-Qaida in Iraq leader after Abu Ayyub al-Masri, al-Rubaie said. Al-Masri succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike north of Baghdad on June 7.
``We believe that al-Qaida in Iraq suffers from a serious leadership crisis. Our troops have dealt fatal and painful blows to this organization,'' the security adviser said.
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