Iraq says captures key aide to Zarqawi
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-09 08:34

Iraq said on Sunday that security forces had captured Amar al-Zubaydi, a key aide to the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Ghassan Muhammad Amin Husayn Al-Rawi, seen in this undated handout photo, was captured by Multi-National forces in the western Iraq town of Rawah on April 26, 2005. Ghassan Amin was one of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's key associates according to U.S. military and Iraqi government officials.[Reuters]

A government statement said Zubaydi, also known as Abu Abbas, was captured three days ago in Baghdad. It said he helped plan attacks on Abu Ghraib prison in April that wounded U.S. troops and several inmates as well as a string of car bomb attacks in Baghdad.

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