The U.S. military has captured a senior Al Qaida operative linked to a major Sunni politician in Iraq.
The military said the Al Qaida cell chief used his contacts with the Sunni political leader to attack the so-called Green Zone, which contains the U.S. military, embassy and the Iraqi government. The Al Qaida operative, identified as Khudhir Farhan, was the bodyguard of Sunni political leader Adnan Al Dulaimi.
Farhan was arrested on late Sept. 29 at the home of Al Dulaimi, the military said. Al Dulaimi has been a member of the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni coalition in the 275-member parliament.
"Credible intelligence indicates the individual, a member of Dr. Al Dulaimi's personal security detachment, and seven members of the detained individual's cell were in the final stages of launching a series of VBIED [vehicle-borne improvised explosive device] attacks inside the International Zone, possibly involving suicide vests," the military said in a statement on Saturday.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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