Press Release 20100505-01
May 5, 2010

BAGHDAD –Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected high-level Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader who is allegedly involved in bribery and extortion of judicial officials in northern Iraq, and two suspected associates during a joint security operation conducted in east Mosul Tuesday.

ISF and U.S. advisors searched a building for the suspected high-level AQI leader who allegedly has contact with other high-level terrorist members, and is the leader of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) efforts to bribe judicial officials as well as facilitate accused terrorists’ release from detention facilities.

Information and evidence gathered at the scene led Iraqi forces to identify and arrest the warranted AQI leader and two criminal associates.

Iraqi and U.S. forces conduct joint operations in accordance with the Security Agreement and in coordination with the Iraqi government to target terrorists seeking to disrupt the security and stability of Iraq.

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