(AFP/ChannelNewsAsia-Singapore) Hasan Guhl, a Pakistani veteran of al-Qaeda operations, was captured Thursday in Iraq. "He's a longtime facilitator of al-Qaeda operations in terms of moving both people and money. He has an extensive network of contacts all over the world," said a U.S. official. U.S. forces also captured Husan al-Yemeni, the leader of an Ansar al Islam cell in Fallujah, on January 15, "the most senior Ansar al Islam person that's been caught to date," said another U.S. official. Al-Yemeni is considered the number two to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian with links to al-Qaeda who has emerged as the leader of Ansar al-Islam, a militant group which has established operations in the Baghdad area. "Both [arrests] point to stepped up efforts on al-Qaeda's part and other Islamic extremists to launch terrorist attacks in Iraq," said a U.S. official.
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