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Four Qaeda leaders, among them “its Mufty – Prince” arrested in Samarra

SALAHAL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: A Samarra Operations Command source has said on Wednesday that his forces have arrested 4 leaders of al-Qaeda Organization in Samarra city, among them the Organization’s Mufti   (Religious Judge) and its Emir (Prince).   “According to intelligence information by Samarra Operations Command late Tuesday night, our forces have detained the so-called “Abu-Radhwan,” the Military Emir (Prince) and the Mufti (Religious Judge) of al-Qaeda Organization in Salahal-Din Province, and two other leaders in Samarra city, 120 km to the north of Baghdad,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Tikrit, the center of Salahal-Din Province , is 175 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)