Capture of Insurgent Leader Reported

The U.S. military announced the capture Saturday of an insurgent leader who was recruiting and training women, including his wife, to wrap themselves in explosives and blow themselves up. This is the latest sign that al-Qaida in Iraq plans to keep using women to carry out suicide attacks. In southern Iraq, A British airman was killed in a rocket attack on a base near Basra late Friday, according to a British military spokesman. The U.S. military said it had killed six insurgents and detained 13 suspects Friday and Saturday during operations against al-Qaida in Iraq in central and northern Iraq.