Iraq arrests suspected top official of Al-Qaeda network in army raid

A suspected top official of Al-Qaeda's network in Iraq was arrested in an army raid on his hideout Tuesday, a military officer was quoted by AFP as saying.

Ibrahim Muhammed Ahmed al-Juburi, the so-called "finance minister" for the Islamic State of Iraq, was seized with a large quantity of weapons and a half-ton (1,000 pounds) of TNT in northern Iraq, the officer said on condition of anonymity.

"We arrested the finance minister of the Islamic State of Iraq. His name is Ibrahim Muhammed Ahmed al-Juburi, known as Ibrahim al-Abrash," he told AFP.

Iraqi army forces raided a home Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul where Juburi had been hiding, the officer said. He added that Juburi was Iraqi.