Troops arrest 'senior terror leader'

The US military said today it had arrested a “senior leader” in the network run by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, along with five others during night raids in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.

US forces have stepped up operations in Fallujah in a bid to root out al-Zarqawi’s terror group, Tawhid and Jihad, which is believed to operate from there. The group has been blamed for numerous suicide bombings and beheadings of foreign hostages, including recent twin blasts inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, which houses the Usand Iraqi leadership.