Reply #3: AP Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Iraq arrested in June, not a few days ago

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Sept. 6, 2006, 7:20AM
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Iraq arrested in June, not a few days ago

Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The arrest of al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command took place in June, and not a few days ago as the Iraqi government had initially announced, a U.S. military spokesman said today.

Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell said Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, also known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was captured on June 19. Other suspects were in custody, he said, but their names have not yet been made public.

National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie announced al-Saeedi's arrest Sunday, saying it had occurred a few days earlier.

But Caldwell said al-Saeedi had been captured in June, and it was permission to make the arrest public that had been given a few days before.