 An Iraqi wanted by police for alleged involvement in the beheadings of people working with U.S.-led forces in Mosul has been arrested by police in the town of Tikrit, police said Tuesday. They said Khaled Zakiyah was captured while visiting relatives in Tikrit, 110 miles north of Baghdad.
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Dozens of Iraqi soldiers, police and contractors have been killed in Mosul over the last few months, many by beheading. In a statement, the Iraqi government said another suspected insurgent, Basher Mutar al-Tikriti, had been captured in Sharqat, northern Iraq, on Jan. 13. A government statement said Tikriti was a relative of Saddam Hussein and was suspected of supporting and sheltering members of Saddam's regime, including Saddam's son Qusay, after the U.S.-led invasion. It said Tikriti was also suspected of financing insurgents and providing them with weapons. |