BAGHDAD: US and Iraqi forces on Wednesday arrested a top operator of the terror group Al-Qaeda in Iraq, interior ministry spokesman Major General Abdel Karim Khalaf said.
In an overnight operation, US forces parachuted on the house of Abdullah Juburi in Arab Jubur, an area on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, Khalaf said.
"He is one of the dangerous criminals in Al-Qaeda," he said, adding Iraqi ground forces that included rapid intervention force raided his house as US troops parachuted.
"US helicopters and troops backed the Iraqi soldiers in the operation," Khalaf added.
The US military did not comment on the operation.
