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May 26, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1377152.htm

U.S. Arrests Two Zarqawi Aides

(AFP/ABC-Australia) Iraqi and U.S. troops have arrested two top aides of al-Qaeda's Iraq frontman, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, commanders said Wednesday. Described as "one of the most wanted people" in northern Iraq, Mullah Kamel al-Assawadi was detained after he tried to bribe his way past an Iraqi checkpoint, the U.S. military said. One of Zarqawi's regional secretaries was also detained in Baquba, north of Baghdad. Assawadi allegedly financed and provided military training to an insurgent cell and helped prepare car bombs. "He was linked to numerous Wahhabis (Saudi-inspired Sunni militants) operating north of Baghdad," said a statement.

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