Post-capture
An anonymous "senior coalition official" said Saedi was captured along with "three other individuals." He was interrogated for over two months. Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser, said that information from Saedi after his capture resulted in the death or capture of 11 "top Al Qaeda in Iraq figures" and nine "lower-level members.
The Mujahideen Shura Council released an internet statement on Saedi's capture which said the arrest was propaganda designed to mask coalition defeats in the region. "We reassure our brothers that out leaders... are on the front lines, fighting and inciting the faithful," it read in part.
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