1. Arrest near Fallujah

    · Fallujah area, Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq

    U.S. forces arrested Baghdadi while he was visiting the home of a former student friend near Fallujah. Sources disagree whether the arrest was on 2 or 4 February. Day is disputed in the cited account; coordinates represent Fallujah because the friend's home is not identified.

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