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Iraq publishes most wanted list headed by ISIS leader

Iraqi authorities published a list of most wanted fugitives on Tuesday (February 6th) headed by elusive "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his number two, AFP reported.

It was the second list Iraq had published this week of people wanted on suspicion of belonging to ISIS or al-Qaeda.

"They are more dangerous than those who appeared on the first list published on Sunday and they are wanted internationally whereas the others are wanted only by the Iraqi courts," a security official said.

The ISIS leader appears on the list under his real name Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai.

His deputy is listed as Abdel Rahman al-Qaduli rather than his nom de guerre Abu Alaa al-Afari.

Seven other Iraqis are on the list as are five foreigners accused of ISIS membership -- two Saudis, a Jordanian, a Yemeni and a Qatari.

Sunday's list contained the names of 60 wanted suspects, all but one of them Iraqis.

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