URGENT / Baghdad church assailants captured

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The “terrorist” group that attacked Baghdad’s Our Lady of Salvation Church earlier this month was arrested, according to a senior security official on Saturday. “Security forces arrested the 12-man terrorist group, among them the new military commander of al-Qaeda Organization in Baghdad,” Maj. General Ahmed Abu-Rugheaf, Director of Iraqi Interior Ministry’s Police Affairs, said in statements broadcast by the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV. “The group members confessed to involvement in and responsibility for the attack on Our Lady of Salvation Church. They also confessed to their participation in a large number of terrorist operations, including attacks on gold jewelry stores, the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), al-Arabiya channel and the recent blasts in Baghdad, as well as to home-making of explosive charges and belts,” he added. Six tons of explosive charges, along with a quantity of toxic material, were also seized in their hideout. SKH/SR/AmR 1