U.S. Marines in Iraq say they have arrested two leaders of a militant group linked to wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The men were arrested on December 8 and 12 during raids in the city of Ramadi, which is part of the restive al-Anbar province. The military did not announce the arrests until Saturday.
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The Marines say Saleh Arugayan Khalil and Bassim Mohammed Hazem were cell leaders for a local Zarqawi-affiliated terrorist group called the "Harun terrorist network" that operates in and around Ramadi.
Their group is accused of executing 11 Iraqi National Guardsmen, as well as planting bombs and smuggling foreign militants into Iraq.
Some information for this report provided by AFP, AP.