Senior al-Qaeda leader nabbed in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A senior al-Qaeda leader was arrested Tuesday by security forces in northern Wassit, commander of the Quick Response Department in Wassit said. “A force from the QRD arrested on Tuesday morning (Oct. 12) a leader of al-Qaeda nicknamed (Sheikh al-Mujahideen) in the region between al-Suweira and al-Madaen in northern Wassit,” Colonel Aziz al-Amara told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The operation was launched in light of intelligence information,” he added, without giving further details. Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1