Aide of al-Qaeda in Iraq leader captured, US military says

An aide of the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq was arrested last week, the top US military spokesman in Iraq said Wednesday.

The associate of Abu Ayyub al-Masri was captured in a series of raids carried out Sept. 28 in Baghdad that also seized 31 other al-Qaeda suspects, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell told reporters. He said the associate had worked as al-Masri's driver and personal assistant and had been involved in planning bombings in the capital. (AP)