BERLIN - An Iraqi man suspected of spreading messages by al-Qaida leaders on the Internet over the past year was arrested in Germany Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.

The 36-year-old, who was identified only as Ibrahim R., was arrested near the western city of Osnabrueck, prosecutors said in a statement. His apartment was
searched.

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He is accused, "in several cases since Sept. 24, 2005, of having spread worldwide over the Internet audio and video messages by the leaders of ... al-Qaida and al-Qaida in Iraq - namely Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - and in doing so of having supported these groups in their terrorist activities and aims," prosecutors said in a statement.

They did not elaborate on the man's alleged activities.