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US troops in Mosul say they arrested al-Qaida cell leader
(AP)
Updated: 2005-07-29 16:38
U.S. troops said Friday they have captured a cell leader of the notorious
al-Qaida in Iraq terror organization, AP reported.
Ammar Abu Bara, alias Amar Hussein Hasan, was arrested Wednesday in Mosul,
Iraq's third largest city, by troops of the Army's 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, a U.S. statement said.
The statement said Abu Bara was taken into custody during a cordon and search
operation in a neighborhood in northern Mosul. Abu Bara replaced Abu Talha,
former terror cell leader for the Mosul area who was arrested last month, the
statement added.
No U.S. or Iraqi soldiers were injured in the operation.
Al-Qaida in Iraq is led by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
and has claimed responsibility for numerous bombings, kidnap-slaying of foreign
diplomats, beheadings of U.S. and other foreign hostages and suicide
attacks.
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