Got a Major Bag Man in Iraq
Charles Johnson
Thu Oct 4, 2007 at 11:11 am PDT • Views: 229
An Al Qaeda bag man who smuggled huge amounts of money into Iraq has been captured.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An al Qaeda bag man smuggled $100 million into Iraq during the past few months to finance terrorist operations, according to the U.S. military.
The unidentified man, arrested Tuesday near Baghdad, allegedly employs 40 to 50 extremists at $3,000 per job for bomb attacks against coalition forces, using money from supporters outside Iraq, the military said.
“The extremist financier is suspected of traveling to foreign countries to acquire financial support for terrorist activities and is suspected of supplying more than $50,000 to al Qaeda each month,” the military said.
The suspect, captured during a coalition raid in Kindi, operates a network of financing cells across Iraq, the military said.
“He is believed to have received $100 million this summer from terrorist supporters who cross the Iraq border illegally or fly into Iraq from Italy, Syria and Egypt,” a Pentagon release said.
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