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Armed group’s key member captured in Talafar

February 7, 2009 - 02:49:47

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen captured a leading member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq group on Saturday, a security source in Talafar said.

“The armed group operative was arrested in al-Salam neighborhood, northern Talafar district, (60 km) west of Mosul city,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The arrest was made based on confessions by some persons arrested earlier,” he added.

The Islamic State of Iraq, which was announced in October 2006, is a parent group composed of seven armed organizations, most prominent of them is al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The State, led by a man of the name Abu Omar al-Boghdadi, is active in central and western Iraq.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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