Islamic State of Iraq leader arrested in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A leader of the Islamic State of Iraq was arrested on Thursday in southwest of Kirkuk, a commander of the Kirkuk Districts Police Department said. “A joint force of U.S. and Iraqi personnel waged on Thursday (March 17) a security operation in al-Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, where a senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq was arrested,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The detainee, Naif Dakheel Jassem al-Juburi, is one of those blamed for the recent bombings in Kirkuk,” he explained. Kirkuk is 280km northeast of Baghdad. SH (TP) 965