Main assassin of Hab-hab director arrested

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen on Sunday detained the main assassin of the Hab-hab district director Ali Hassan, who was killed one year ago in an area on the main road linking Diala province to the capital Baghdad, a senior police official said. “The security forces arrested Ahmed Sabah Mohammed al-Qaysi, a key member of al-Qaeda network in the rank of amir (leader), during the early hours of Sunday in al-Hudayeb area,” Maj General Abdelhussein al-Shimari, the Diala police chief, told IraqiNews.com news agency. Hudayeb is also near the Diala-Baghdad highway. “The detainee is involved in killing dozens of people,” Shimari added. Diala lies 57 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1