The Mujahideen Shura Council released an internet statement on Saedi's capture which said the arrest was propaganda designed to mask coalition defeats in the region.
The group was suspected to have joined the Mujahideen Shura Council, but so far no conclusive evidence have pointed to a connection.
On 31 July, Iraqi forces captured Abu Anas al-Baghdadi, Al-Qaeda in Iraq's media expert in the country, as well as four members of the Mujahideen Shura Council during a raid in western Diyala.
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