Iraqi security forces: al-Qaeda leader detained

A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in
Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained
in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported, according to Deutsche Presse Agentur dpa.
Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested
in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya.
"This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable
to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi," the Salaheddin provincial
administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement.
Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of
Baghdad.