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IRAQ: four al-Qaeda figures arrested and one leader dead
AKI ^ | 2006 Jul 18

Posted on 07/19/2006 4:04:59 AM PDT by Wiz

Baghdad, 18 July (AKI) - Four figures of the al-Qaeda linked Omar Brigades have been arrested in Iraq, including one responsible for an attack on a market that killed 62 people, the national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie announced Tuesday. Al-Rabiy also told a press conference that a Jordanian militant, Diyar Ismail al-Afghani, considered a right hand man and potential heir to the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed. He said Jasim Mohammed Mahdi al-Samarrai, known as Abu Othman, the Brigades' leader, "died from serious wounds some hours after his arrest". The Omar Brigades claim to have carried out many deadly attacks across Iraq.

The others arrested were Abu Othman's deputy Abu Aisha, in charge of financing the group, and Abu Ihab, who oversaw recruitment. along with Abu Islam, who was the group's religious leader, al-Rubaie told repoters.

Al-Rubaie said that Abu Othman was responsible for the explosions in Sadr City which killed 62 and injured more than 100, and noted that he was a commander at al-Anbar and was behind terrorist movements and suicide attacks.

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