Iraqi forces capture four al-Qaeda militants
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Iraqi forces have captured four senior al-Qaeda militants in an early morning ambush north of the capital, including one of the group's top military commanders, defence authorities said on Wednesday. "It was an ambush during which they were captured after we acted on detailed information. We were following them," said Mohammed al-Askari, the Defense Ministry spokesman.
Local Sunni Islamist al-Qaeda affiliates are still blamed for much of the violence in Iraq with the insurgency seeking to destabilise the country as US troops prepare to withdraw by the end of the year. (Reuters)
