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Senior Iraqi al-Qaida member detained
By UPI Staff
United Press International
June 23, 2006
BAGHDAD (UPI) -- A senior al-Qaida member in Iraq has been captured, five days after the death of leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, reports say.
The U.S. military did not identify the man who was detained on Monday, CNN said Friday.
A military statement said the man detained with other terrorist suspects southwest of Baquba, near al-Zarqawi's safehouse, reportedly was a senior al-Qaida cell leader in central Iraq.
That raid came two days after another senior member, Mansur Sulayman Mansur Khalif, died in a coalition air strike, as had al-Zarqawi.
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