And Another: Leader Of Al Qaeda-Linked Group Detained Near Kirkuk
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AQI is doing down FAST. I can’t remember any other time through the start of the war when more AQI terrorists were taken out…
Voices Of Iraq
Kirkuk, May 26, (VOI)- A leader from the Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq armed group was arrested on Monday near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi army source said.
“Acting upon intelligence, an Iraqi army force managed to arrest a leader from the Islamic State in Iraq armed group in al-Dakmati village, 30 km southwest of Kirkuk, “ Major-General Shewan Hama Gharib told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
The detainee, according to Gharib, admitted that he had killed 11 persons and planted nearly 60 explosive devices all over Kirkuk province.
The self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, al-Qaeda-linked-armed group, was declared in October 2006 in the Sunni areas in Diala, Kirkuk and Mosul.
Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad.
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