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BAGHDAD — Authorities have captured a senior leader of a militant group linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq who oversaw the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad and other attacks, the military said Saturday.
Baghdad’s top military spokesman announced the capture of Ali Hussein Alwan Hamid al-Azzawi in a news conference that included videotaped statements by a man who identified himself as the insurgent leader.
The spokesman, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, said al-Azzawi was apprehended June 26. Authorities kept the arrest quiet for more than half a year to ensure the capture of other suspects thought to be linked to him, al-Moussawi said.
