Zarqawi lieutenant captured in Iraq

A top aide to Al Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been arrested.

The Iraqi government said Mohammed Najm Ibrahim, who with one of his brothers runs a Zarqawi cell, is responsible for the beheading of several citizens and for attacks against Iraqi security forces.

It says Ibrahim was arrested in the town of Baquba, north of Baghdad, without giving the date of his arrest.

On February 21st, police in Baquba announced the arrest of another member of the Zarqawi group.

Iraq's most wanted man, Zarqawi is a Jordanian-born fugitive with a 25 million US Dollar bounty on his head.

Source: CRIENGLISH.com



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