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As noted below, the interim Iraqi government announced on Monday that Sami Muhammad Al Said al-Ja'af (aka Abu Umar al-Kurdi) was arrested in Baghdad on January 15th. He confessed to police that he was responsible for 75% of the car bombs used in Iraq since March.
To read the official Iraqi security press release, click here.
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