Press Release 20100503-01
May 3, 2010

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested the suspected leader of Ansar al-Islam and seven criminal associates during a series of joint security operations conducted in Mansour and Adhamiyah today.

ISF and U.S. advisors searched several residential buildings for the wanted individual who allegedly has links to senior Al-Qaeda leadership.

Information and evidence gathered at the scene led Iraqi Ministry of the Interior forces to identify and arrest the warranted individual and seven suspected 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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