Zarqawi Aide Is Captured in Mosul Area
American and Iraqi military forces have captured Al Qaeda’s top leader in the Mosul area of Northern Iraq, the United States military announced today, a man who associates said always wore a suicide vest and vowed that he would never be taken alive. The military described the captured insurgent, Muhammad Khalaf Shakar, also known as Abu Talha, as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s most trusted operations agent in Iraq. Mr. Zarqawi, Al Qaeda’s top operative in Iraq, is the the most wanted man in Iraq by United States-led coalition forces. Full Story