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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi government announced the arrests of several suspected insurgent leaders Monday, including one man they say has claimed responsibility for 32 car bomb attacks since March 2003.
Tha'er al-Naqib, spokesman for interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, said that Abu Umar al-Kurdi was arrested in a raid on January 15. He announced the arrests just days before Iraqis are to go to the polls to elect a legislative council that will write a new constitution.
"Abu Umar al-Kurdi claims responsibility for some of the most ruthless attacks on Iraqi police forces and police stations," said al-Nakib, who said al-Kurdi was responsible for 75 percent of the bombs used in Baghdad attacks in the past two years, including attacks on the Jordanian embassy and the United Nations compound in August 2003.
