Baghdad, June 28 (Xinhua) A key figure of Al Qaeda in Iraq, accused of bombing a Shia shrine in Samarra and killing an Iraqi female journalist, has been arrested by security forces, a senior official said Wednesday.
'Iraqi security forces have arrested a terrorist, a Tunisian national, Yusri Fakhir Muhammed alias Abu Qudama al-Tunisi, during a military operation in the Udhaim area in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad,' said National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie.
The capture of Muhammed is another blow to Al Qaeda in Iraq following the killing of its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a US air strike near Baquba, 65 km northeast of Baghdad, on June 7.
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