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Reuters -

Iraq says detains No. 2 in Iraqi al Qaeda

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The second most senior figure in al Qaeda in Iraq was arrested a few days ago, National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie told a news conference on Sunday.

He named the man as Hamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, also known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, and said he was the deputy to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took over the Sunni Islamist insurgent group after U.S. troops killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June.

[Heatseeker]

I don't imagine being left to the tender mercies of the Iraqi police (who are largely Shia in the Baghdad region) would be such a good deal for this guy.

Thus I take the phrase "was arrested a few days ago" to mean "has been celebrating the American Labor Day holiday by falling down flights of steps over and over".

[Alia]

Excellent news.