Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (R) meets U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (L) in Baghdad on 12 May 2009. An Al-Qaeda-linked group has denied its top leader in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, had been arrested by the Iraqi government, a US group monitoring Islamist websites said today. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (R) meets U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (L) in Baghdad on 12 May 2009. An Al-Qaeda-linked group has denied its top leader in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, had been arrested by the Iraqi government, a US group monitoring Islamist websites said today.

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