 German police have arrested three Iraqi citizens suspected of funding a militant Kurdish organisation operating in Iraq, Ansar al-Islam. Prosecutors said the three live in southern Germany, but did not say where they had been arrested. Police searched 24 properties as part of the investigation into the activities of the three men and a further 11 suspects. US officials say Ansar al-Islam is part of the al-Qaeda network. The three men were identified as Dieman A I, 39, from Nuremburg; Kawa H, 33, from Munich; and Najat O, 43, from Buehl. They are suspected of donating money to Ansar al-Islam, collecting contributions for the group and providing courier and other logistical services for it in Germany. A prosecutors' statement said that while the funds were believed to have been used to plot attacks in Iraq, there was no evidence that they had been earmarked for attacks in Germany. |