Deputy commander of al-Qaida-linked cell arrested in Mosul, US military says
By APTuesday, August 4, 2009
US: Al-Qaida operatives arrested in Mosul
BAGHDAD — The American military says the deputy commander of an insurgent group linked to al-Qaida was arrested in Mosul during a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation.
The military said in a statement released Tuesday that Fakri Hadi Gari, also known as Abu Abbas, was captured July 24 in a raid in Mosul.
Nine other suspected members of the Ansar al-Islam group were also detained.
The military says Gari is responsible for recruiting and financing attacks as well as moving insurgents across the borders of Iraq.
Spanish authorities say a group called Ansar al-Islam was responsible for the Madrid bomb attacks.
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