The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been captured, according to news sources. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was captured in Mosul which has been a hotbed of terrorist activity since Operation Iraq Freedom began.
News reports said:
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said that Mosul police "arrested one of al Qaeda's leaders at midnight and during the primary investigations he admitted that he is Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir." ...The surge by Americans and the tenacity of the Iraqi army have combined to make such captures possible.
If confirmed, the arrest would represent a major blow to al Qaeda in Iraq, which has been on the run for the past year following a shift in alliances by Sunni tribesmen in western Anbar province, and elsewhere, and an influx of thousands of U.S. troops.
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