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AL-QAEDA LEADER KILLED IN BAGHDAD Wednesday, 06 June 2007 MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER BAGHDAD, Iraq http://www.mnf-iraq.com 703.270.0320 / 0299 June 6, 2007 Release A070606f BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces killed a terrorist leader and detained three other suspected terrorists during an operation in Baghdad June 5 to disrupt a bombing network in the city. Intelligence reports indicated the targeted building in the raid was a residence known to be a safe house for the targeted individual. As Coalition Forces were securing the targeted building, numerous suspected terrorists attempted to flee and were detained by ground forces. One terrorist...

Speaker of Iraq's National Assembly Mahmoud al-Mashadani in a meeting with the representative of the Jurisprudence in Khorasan, Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabassi, here Thursday said that the major goal of the arrogance in occupying Iraq is to create a 'great Israel' in the region. In a meeting, held at the meeting hall of Imam Reza's (AS) holy shrine, he said that this is while some politicians mistakenly led to believe that the US and other despotic powers attacked Iraq and occupied it to topple Saddam Hussein and lay their hands on its oil reserves. "Saddam was appointed in Iraq by...

The Iraqi government said Tuesday it captured a former member of Saddam Hussein's regime who was believed to be funding the insurgency. The government said in a statement it captured Fadhil Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Mashadani at a farm northeast of Baghdad. It said he worked as the former leader of the military bureau in Baghdad under Saddam.

June 7— BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have detained a former deputy commander of the Iraqi national police over allegations of subversion and corruption, the U.S.-led administration in Iraq said on Saturday. General Mohammed Habib al-Mashadani, a senior Baath party member, was arrested on Friday night for trying to recreate a Baathist cell within the police force, a spokesman said.The detention also followed complaints by policemen that Mashadani was using intimidation to get relatives placed on the police payroll and to divert police vehicles to family members."We are not going to tolerate corruption in the police department or any other...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Coalition forces captured two more wanted Iraqis over the weekend, bringing to 27 the number of the top 55 former members of Saddam Hussein's regime in custody, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. The men captured Saturday were low on the list but their arrests mean nearly half of the top suspects are being held and interrogated by American forces. The latest captured include Sayf al-Din al-Mashadani, No. 46 on the list. He was the regional leader of Saddam's Baath Party in the Muthanna region of southwestern Iraq. Also captured was No. 55, Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal. He...