Capture a 'severe blow' to al Qaeda Iraq

By CNN

Filed 9.3.06 at 11:26 a.m. EDT

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Al Qaeda's number two operative in Iraq, Hamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, has been arrested, the U.S. military and Iraq's national security adviser announced Sunday.

Al-Suaidi, also known as Abu Rana and Abu Humam, is said to be No. 2 in the terrorist group al Qaeda in Iraq, behind Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

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