http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370008
"Al-Zarqawi's Aide Captured, Pro-U.S. Leader of Karabila Tribe AssassinatedKassim al-Ani, a senior aide to al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was apprehended in Baghdad on May 28. Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Kassim al-Mosawi informed the media of the capture, calling al-Ani one of the most wanted insurgents in Iraq, responsible for a series of attacks in several districts (KUNA, May 29). Al-Ani was arrested with two other insurgents; they were captured in Baghdad's northern Adhamiya district (Gulf Times, May 30). Also on May 29, an al-Qaeda affiliated insurgent group assassinated Sunni Arab Sheikh Osama Jedaan in Mansur in western Baghdad (Gulf Times, May 30)."[Brief]
"A new study released by the Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies found that Pakistani security forces arrested more than 1,000 al-Qaeda suspects between January 2002 and May 2006 (Dawn, May 26). 86 were from Saudi Arabia, 70 from Algeria, 20 from Morocco, 20 from Egypt, 28 from Indonesia, 18 from Malaysia, 22 from the UAE, 11 from Libya, seven from Kuwait and 36 from West Asian countries (Dawn, May 26). Additionally, five of the suspects were American and 11 were from the United Kingdom; there were also German, French and Australian suspects (Dawn, May 26). The study does not include Afghans and Pakistanis fighting Pakistani security forces in the country's tribal areas of the NWFP and FATA (IRNA, May 25). The report also states that security forces killed more than 1,000 al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan during this period. [Brief]
