2 al-Qaeda gunmen arrested in Samarra

SALAH EL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Friday arrested al-Qaeda leader in Samarra, while the support councils fighters captured a gunman who was trying to plant a bomb near the vehcile of the city’s mayor, a security source said. “Policemen arrested Salam Abdullah al-Dulaimi, al-Qaeda leader, disguised as a farmer,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Al-Dulaimi is suspected of perpetrating several crimes, including kidnapping and killing ten Iraqi soldiers in al-Jazeera region last year,” he added. The same source said that “fighters of the Support councils arrested al-Qaeda gunman who was trying to plant an Iranian-made bomb near the vehicle of the mayor of Samarra Omar Mohamed in al-Mualameen neighborhood at the center of city last night.” Samarra, Salah el-Din province, is located 120 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1