Iraqi army says captures aide of Zarqawi in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, May 29 (Reuters) The Iraqi army arrested a senior aide of al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Baghdad last evening, a Defence Ministry spokesman said today.

''The Iraqi army forces arrested three terrorists who belong to al Qaeda, one of them is a senior aide of Zarqawi in Baghdad, Kassim al-Ani,'' Defence Ministry spokesman Kassim al-Mosawi told Reuters. ''He was one of the most wanted ones.'' REUTERS AD BST1256