Iraqi officials today said that security forces had captured Amar al-Zubaydi, a key aide to the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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 US
troops and several inmates as well as a string of car bomb attacks in Baghdad.
