Iraq: Notorious militant leader arrested
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Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, was arrested Friday in western Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The Islamic group recently posted a video on the Web that showed the execution of a group of Interior Ministry workers they allegedly abducted. It claims responsibility for many attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces, including the downing of U.S. helicopters.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces detained a  leading member of the Muslim Clerics' Association on Friday in  what the influential Sunni group described as a campaign  against opponents of the U.S. presence in Iraq.
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Nigerian police arrest the leader of a Muslim Shia sect and 100 of his followers after clashes in the northern city of Sokoto.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 3--Iraqi armed forces have arrested the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the country's national security leader said Sunday.
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The U.S. command announced on Wednesday the arrest of an al-Qaida leader it said served as the link between the organization's command in Iraq and Osama bin Laden's inner circle, enabling it to wield considerable influence over the Iraqi group.
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BAGHDAD -- The shadowy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an Al Qaeda-inspired group that challenged the authority of Iraq's government, was captured yesterday in a raid on the western outskirts of Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
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US Marines in Iraq say two leaders of a militant group linked to wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have been arrested. The US military, which announced the arrests Saturday, said Marines had
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Iraqi authorities say they have arrested the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- The US command yesterday announced the arrest of an Al Qaeda leader it said served as the link between the organization's command in Iraq and Osama bin Laden's inner circle, enabling it to wield considerable influence over the Iraqi group.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces detained a leading member of the Muslim Clerics' Association on Friday in what the influential Sunni group described as a campaign against opponents of the U.S. presence in Iraq.
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Iraqi troops arrested a neighborhood   leader of a nationalist insurgency group early on Sunday, a   military spokesman said.
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Powerful Shiite leader says he plans to lead a mass demonstration today to end fighting. â¢ Iraqi hostage: Militants said Wednesday they had kidnapped the brother-in-law of Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan
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The head of a Sunni insurgency umbrella group is captured in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, media reports say.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces have captured a top Al Qaeda in Iraq leader who ordered the bombing of a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Samarra that triggered a wave of ferocious sectarian killings, Iraqi officials said yesterday.
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Indonesia has captured the head of Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), police said on Friday, marking what appears to be a major blow for a group blamed for a string of deadly bombings.
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The newly-appointed head of the Iraqi National Guard in a key province in the so-called Sunni triangle has been arrested by US forces.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces Tuesday arrested the  top cleric in Iraq's volatile western Anbar province after  fighting in the regional capital of Ramadi, witnesses said.