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
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