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U.S. Detains Alleged Terrorist Financier
A former Baath Party security chief suspected of financing anti-U.S. activities and working with top fugitive Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was detained by U.S. soldiers, the military reported Tuesday. Khatan al-Anber was apprehended late Monday night during a raid by 4th Infantry Division forces in Baquba, Maj. Josslyn Aberle said. Al-Anber, the former security chief of Diyala province, is suspected of financing a terrorist cell in the city. Aberle said al-Anber had been providing logistics for al-Douri, the highest ranking figure still at large from the U.S. list of wanted people in the former regime of Saddam Hussein. Logistics, huh? Hope he kept records. Al-Douri, the former vice chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council and a member of Saddamâs innermost circle, is No. 6 on the U.S. most-wanted list. If he hasnât already died from whatever it was (cancer? heart?), heâll have to move, thinking al-Anber will give him up. The Fedayeen militia that al-Anber was suspected of financing served as Saddamâs private army and was one of the groups believed to be behind the ongoing insurgency against the U.S.-led occupation authority. Nice catch. Posted by: Steve 2004-02-24 |
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