Talafar police detains Abu Omar aide in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) forces in Talafr arrested on Friday a gunman of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) network, believed to e an aide of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, during an operation in Mosul city, a security source said. “SWAT forces in Talafar, (60 km) northwest of Mosul, have arrested an AQI gunman believed to be an aide of Abu Oman Omar, the leader of the AQI, based on accurate tip-offs,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The man, of the name Zawyan Farhan Flayhan, was captured in Nablus neighborhood, Mosul. He is wanted by the al-Anbar province’s Haditha police department for suspected involvement in murders and kidnappings,” he added. “Flayhan is currently under investigative custody. The outcome of the investigations will be announced later,” the source said, not giving further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1