Al-Qaeda Emir (Prince) – his assistant detained by the Iraqi Army west of Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi Army unit has detained the Emir (Prince) of al-Qaeda in Khalis city, in a security operation east of Mosul, the center of northern Iraq’s Ninewa Province on Sunday, an Iraqi Army source reported. “An Iraqi Army force from the 2nd Division, centered in Mosul, has detained on Sunday night the Emir (Prince) of al-Qaeda in east Iraq’s Khalis city, Sadeq Lafta Mishaan al-Obeidy and one of his assistants,” the Army source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that both detainees were wanted according to Iraqi Army Law No.4 – Terrorism – and had fled from northeastern Iraq’s Diala Province, but the Iraqi Army force had detained them in an security operation, based on an intelligence information, in eastern Mosul. Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 km to the north of Baghdad. SKH (PT)/SR 142