(Changes typo in paragraph 2 to read Ayyub not Ayyab)

BAGHDAD, April 9 (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities captured a senior figure from al Qaeda on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.

Major-General Abdul-Karim Khalaf said the captured man, Nazal Sabar al-Jughaify, also known as Abu al-Jarrah, was a senior lieutenant to the Sunni Arab militant group's leader in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

Jughaify was captured in the western province of Anbar, and would be brought to Baghdad for questioning, Khalaf said.

The U.S. military said it had no information on the capture. (Reporting by Wisam Mohammed, edited by Richard Meares)

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