June 27, 2011 5:25 PM

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Iraqi security forces capture suspected senior al-Qaida leader

Iraqi security forces have captured a suspected senior al-Qaida leader in the country's Anbar province. A source from the provincial operations command on Monday said the arrest occurred on Sunday in Sufiyah area, south of Anbar's capital city of Ramadi when a police force spotted a suspect in his thirties disguised as an old man and captured him for interrogation. According to the source, the police identified the captured al-Qaida suspect as Fahdawi who was wanted for involvement in a number of armed attacks against the Iraqi security forces and other crimes in the province. Abdul-Qader Attia al-Fahdawi is believed to be the minister of electricity for the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq.

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