Insurgent financiers held(Hunting for Al-Douri)

News24 ^ | Jan 11 2004 | NA

[Dog]

Insurgent financiers held 11/01/2004 17:43 - (SA)

Baghdad - US soldiers arrested four men in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday accused of working for the top fugitive in Iraq as rebel paymasters.

The four were paying insurgents to attack US troops on behalf of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, one of Saddam Hussein's former chief lieutenants and an apparent financier of the anti-US guerrilla war, said Major Trey Cate, spokesperson for the US Army's 101st Airborne Division.

The US-led occupation administration of Iraq has issued a $10m reward for al-Douri, who has taken the spot as the most wanted man in Iraq since Saddam's capture.

Al-Douri has been described by military and intelligence sources as a top leader of the insurgency - although others have said the elderly man was sick and too busy trying to elude his pursuers.

The four men were arrested in Mosul on Sunday, amid two days of raids that captured 10 others, including a man who acted as a rebel "facilitator" - "someone we suspect is either moving money or cultivating contacts and organising events" for a local insurgent leader, Cate said.

[Dog]

And the noose tightens...

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[Dog]

fyi...

[jocko12]

And are they still alive?

[Sacajaweau]

As usual Dog....you find some of the best articles!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks, Dog. Sounds like they are getting closer to getting Al Douri. The troops were busy this week.

8 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION SOLDIERS CAPTURE ANTI-COALITION SUSPECTS ~ CENTCOM | 1/11/04

[Uncle Miltie]

An Army Reserve guy on a two week leave from Iraq tells me that the attacks on American forces are staged by mercenaries from every Arab country, paid $500 per attack. There is no discernable politics (pro-Saddam, pro-Al Qaida) among the attackers. It is a cash for attack proposition.

[BagCamAddict]

How hard can it be to find the ONE red-headed Iraqi? (kidding!)