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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Iraq captures al-Qaeda 'oil minister'

Iraqi security forces have detained al-Qaeda's 'oil minister' in a village during an operation in Iraq's volatile Diyala province.

According to Iraq's Interior Ministry, Ali Mahmoud Mohammed was arrested along with other 10 members of the country's al-Qaeda network on Saturday.

The ministry said that Ali Mahmoud Mohammed is accused of hijacking oil tanker trucks, kidnapping and killing the drivers and blowing up oil pipelines.

Earlier, al-Qaeda's so-called "irrigation minister" and "finance minister" were also arrested in an operation carried out on February 21.

The head of al-Qaeda in the war-torn Iraq is also known as the group's "war minister".

Diyala, in northeast Iraq, is considered one of the most dangerous areas of the country where al-Qaeda and various insurgent groups still manage to launch attacks despite a general decrease in violence levels across war-battered Iraq. Press TV

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