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Iraqi Army Nabs Key Militant Leader

Posted May 8, 08 4:55 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – The Iraqi army has arrested the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the AP reports today. Defense officials said they took Abu Ayyub al-Masri into custody in Mosul. He has led the group—which last month called for stepped-up attacks against US forces—since 2006. Masri helped set up the first al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad after the US invasion in 2003.

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In this June 15 2006 file photo, a U.S. soldier at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq stands by a photograph of Aub Ayyub al-Masri.   (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)
A file photo released by the US military of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.   (AP Photo/U.S. Military, HO, File)
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