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Iraq says captures key aide to Zarqawi
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-09 08:34
Iraq said on Sunday that security forces had captured Amar al-Zubaydi, a key
aide to the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Ghassan Muhammad Amin Husayn Al-Rawi, seen in
this undated handout photo, was captured by Multi-National forces in the
western Iraq town of Rawah on April 26, 2005. Ghassan Amin was one of Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi's key associates according to U.S. military and Iraqi
government officials.[Reuters] | A government
statement said Zubaydi, also known as Abu Abbas, was captured three days ago in
Baghdad. It said he helped plan attacks on Abu Ghraib prison in April that
wounded U.S. troops and several inmates as well as a string of car bomb attacks
in Baghdad.
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