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Another wanted Iraqi arrested by Coalition forces
Doha, Apr 22: Muhammad Hazmaq al-Zubaydi, who played a key role in Iraq`s brutal suppression of the Shiite Muslim uprising of 1991, was arrested today in Iraq, the US Central Command said.
Doha, Apr 22: Muhammad Hazmaq al-Zubaydi, who played a key role in Iraq's brutal suppression of the Shiite Muslim uprising of 1991, was arrested today in Iraq, the US Central Command said.
Al-Zubaydi, a former member of the Iraqi revolutionary command council and Central Euphrates regional commander, was no. 18 on a list of the 55 most wanted figures from the Saddam Hussein's regime.
A Central Command gave no further details on his arrest.
Al-Zubaydi, a former prime minister and deputy prime minister, was one of the key figures in suppressing the Shiite uprising that followed Iraq's defeat in the 1991 Gulf war.
He was featured in Iraqi news film kicking and beating captured Shiite rebels.
Bureau Report
A Central Command gave no further details on his arrest.
Al-Zubaydi, a former prime minister and deputy prime minister, was one of the key figures in suppressing the Shiite uprising that followed Iraq's defeat in the 1991 Gulf war.
He was featured in Iraqi news film kicking and beating captured Shiite rebels.
Bureau Report