A military spokesman said top al Qaeda leaders are in custody. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Basrah and six more in Amarah, an al Qaeda operative in Mosul, and a Naqshabandiyah leader near Tikrit. A terrorist convicted of executing five Russian embassy personnel has been sentenced to death. Insurgents killed a US soldier on May 22 near Mosul.
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