Military leader of Al Qaeda arrested in Tikrit

A police source in Salah al-Din province has reported that security forces arrested the military commander of al-Quaida during a raid in the north of Tikrit. The source told "ArabsToday", that on Sunday evening the security forces arrested the military commander of al-Quaida in Iraq, Ahmad Satam, during the raids and searches carried out in the district of Al-Zab, 60 km north of Tikrit. The source, who requested to remain anonymous, said that security forces arrested him at a detention centre, adding, "The man in question is behind many of the security operations against the army, the police forces, and civilians in various parts of Iraq."