Zarqawi 'military aide' held
2005-06-15 15:38
Baghdad - A former Iraqi general believed to be Jordanian extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's "military adviser" was arrested west of Baghdad on Wednesday, a defene ministry source said.
Abed Dawood Suleiman and his son, former army captain Raed Abed Dawood, were picked up in a morning raid on their house in Khalidiya, west of Baghdad, the source said.
Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda frontman in Iraq, is believed to have masterminded much of the country's violence, including car and suicide bombings that killed almost 700 people in May alone.
He has a $25m price on his head.
"Abed Dawood Suleiman is considered to be Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's military aide in charge of Mohammed's army," one of the armed groups linked with Iraq's deadly insurgency, the source said.
- AFP