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| Top militant 'arrested in Iraq' | Top militant 'arrested in Iraq' |
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| Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said that a man arrested in Baghdad last week is thought to be a top figure in the al-Qaeda-related insurgency. | Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said that a man arrested in Baghdad last week is thought to be a top figure in the al-Qaeda-related insurgency. |
| Mr Maleki told the BBC Abu Omar al-Baghdadi had been tracked for more than two months by Iraqi security services. | Mr Maleki told the BBC Abu Omar al-Baghdadi had been tracked for more than two months by Iraqi security services. |
| His arrest was reported last Thursday but the reports were not confirmed. | His arrest was reported last Thursday but the reports were not confirmed. |
| Baghdadi is a nom de guerre for a shadowy figure thought to lead the Islamic State in Iraq, an umbrella group of radical Sunni factions. | |
| In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad, Mr Maliki disclosed that a purely Iraqi intelligence operation had tracked the wanted man's movements from the inside. | |
| He had been identified by former close associates who had worked with him, and attended his inauguration as leader of the Islamic State in Iraq, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda in Iraq. | |
| Prime Minister Maliki said Mr Baghdadi was being interrogated, and that the results would be made public. |