Iraqi Security Forces: al-Qaeda leader captured (Updated & Bumped)

This is a big one folks.....

A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported. Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya.

"This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi," the Salaheddin provincial administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement.

Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of Baghdad.

Bill Roggio has more.

Still working on confirmation.

Update: The MOI (Ministry of the Interior) now says Abdullah Latif al-Jaburi - aka Abu Abdullah - the #2 man of the Islamic State in Iraq - has been captured, not al-Baghdadi as initially reported.

UpdateII: Iraq Slogger Reports: Abu Omar al-Baghdadi "Apprehended"

Second Unconfirmed Report of Militant Leader's Capture in Two Days

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, chief of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, has been captured, according to an unconfirmed report.

Buratha news reported Monday that "knowledgable sources" had informed the news agency of al-Baghdadi's capture in the Baghdad neighborhood of Dora, along with four others.

According to the sources, a formal announcement of al-Baghdadi's arrest will be issued in "the coming hours," Buratha reports.

Update III: Third times a charm Iraqs IM reports WE GOT HIM!