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BAGHDAD, April 20 (KUNA) -- Operation "Leap of the Lion" still in motion
and will continue to hunt down Al-Qaeda elements in Iraq, said the Iraqi
government on Tuesday.
Major General Qassem Atta told KUNA that the campaign aimed at dismantling
Al-Qaeda operations, saying that such operations, which began in March 11,
succeeded in the arrest of several Al-Qaeda leaders.
In accordance to intelligence information and USF-I backup, the operations
lead to the capture and death of several Qaeda operatives such as Abu Suhaib,
leader of Al-Qaeda in northern Iraq.
The slain terrorist known as Ahmad Al-Obaidi was in charge terrorist
operations in Kirkuk, Nineveh, and Salahuddin governorates, but the Iraqi
forces managed to end his reign of terror, said Attah. (end)
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