Searching for Captain Hussein

Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 2:31:56 pm PST

Michelle has a summary of what’s been discovered to date about “Iraqi police Capt. Jamil Hussein,” the source for more than 60 AP reports who is amazingly hard to locate: Tracing ‘Jamil Hussein’s’ footsteps and ignoring anti-blog hatred.

After receiving initial reports from a Civilian Police Advisory Training Team (CPATT) source two days ago and investigating further, here’s what I can tell you:

According to two CPATT officials—one in the U.S, one in Iraq—there is no one named “Jamil Hussein” working now or ever at either at the Yarmouk or al Khadra police stations. That is what they have said along and nothing has changed.

The Baghdad-based CPATT officer says there is no “Sgt. Jamil Hussein” at Yarmouk, which contradicts what Marc Danziger’s contacts found. I have another military source on the ground who works with the Iraqi Army (separate and apart from the CPATT sources) and is checking into whether anyone named “Jamil Hussein” has ever worked at Yarmouk.

Meanwhile, See Dubya has been digging through the “Jamil Hussein” stories to produce a map of all the Baghdad neighborhoods where the AP has reported incidents with Hussein as the source.