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Iraqi Interior Minister Confirms al-Zarqawi Wounded
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Bayan Jabor says he received information five days ago about
Jordanian-born militant's condition





Bayan JaborIraq's interior minister has confirmed reports that
Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been wounded.

Interior Minister Bayan Jabor told a news conference in Baghdad
Thursday that he received information five days ago about al-Zarqawi's
condition, but he did not say where the information came from.

The al-Qaida in Iraq militant group had said Tuesday that its leader,
al-Zarqawi, had been injured in recent fighting.

Separately, Iraq's defense minister, Sadoun al-Dulaimi announced a
massive security operation in Baghdad, in which some 40,000 Iraqi
troops will be deployed to hunt down insurgents.

Earlier Thursday at least two Iraqi policemen and a civilian were
killed in a car bomb blast in the capital. And the U.S. military said
an Iraqi child was killed during clashes with insurgents in the town
of Tal Afar, near Mosul. The military said insurgents had used the
child as a human shield.

Some information for this report provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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