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2 Zarqawi Aides Arrested By Cihan News Agency Published: Wednesday 25, 2005 zaman.com Reportedly, two top aides of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al Qaeda's Iraqi front man, who is the number one person on the most wanted list in Iraq, have been arrested. A US army announcement confirmed that Mullah Kamel al-Assawadi, who is described as "one of the most wanted people in northern Iraq", was captured while trying to bribe his way past an Iraqi checkpoint in Balad town 70 km outside of Bagdat (Baghdad). Described as one of Zarqawi's top lieutenants, Assawadi was carrying various identity papers as well...

Just a notice on the screen just now. Is Zarqawi gone? Zarqawi no longer the leader according to the website. More to follow I am sure.

BAGHDAD, May 24 (KUNA) -- Government security forces arrested a key figure in the terrorist "Liwa Al-Noman battalion" in the town of Al-Ramadhi in western Iraq and captured Kamil Al-Aswadi, a close aide to Abu Musaab Al-Zarqawi, chief of another terrorist group, in the southern city of Samara', according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. The statement said Al-Ramadhi arrest was based on intelligence sources who helped to capture Mohammed Daham Hamadi during a raid attack by security forces in Baghdad yesterday. "Mohammed Daham was involved in expiatory acts and was leading the terrorist battalion of "Liwa Al-Noman" which...