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| US 'captures key Iraq militant' | US 'captures key Iraq militant' |
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| US forces in Iraq say they have seized a suspected al-Qaeda militant believed to have been behind the killing last week of a Sunni tribal leader. | US forces in Iraq say they have seized a suspected al-Qaeda militant believed to have been behind the killing last week of a Sunni tribal leader. |
| Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was killed in a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, Anbar province, on Thursday. | Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was killed in a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, Anbar province, on Thursday. |
| He had become a focal point for Sunni tribal opposition to al-Qaeda in Iraq in Anbar. | He had become a focal point for Sunni tribal opposition to al-Qaeda in Iraq in Anbar. |
| A US military statement named the captured suspect as Fallah Khalifa Hiyas Fayyas al-Jumayli. | A US military statement named the captured suspect as Fallah Khalifa Hiyas Fayyas al-Jumayli. |
| The statement said that he had been captured near the town of Balad, north of Baghdad, on Saturday. | |
| "Intelligence reports indicate Jumayli is involved in a plot to kill key leaders in the Anbar Awakening," the statement said. | |
| Sheikh Abu Risha was the leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, also known as Anbar Awakening, an alliance of clans that had turned against al-Qaeda militants in Iraq. |