Chalabi aide arrested on suspicion of Baghdad bombings (McClatchy News)

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Chalabi aide arrested on suspicion of Baghdad bombings
By Nicholas Spangler and Hussein Kadhim | McClatchy Newspapers

BAGHDAD — U.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis, Chalabi and Iraqi government officials said Thursday.

The U.S. military alleged that the arrested official was working with the "highest echelons" of the Iranian "special groups" criminals, referring to what the U.S. military says are Iranian-backed militias operating in Iraq.

Ali Faisal al Lami, a Shiite Muslim official and a member of the Sadrist Party who's serving as an executive of the Justice and Accountability Committee, which Chalabi heads, was arrested Wednesday at Baghdad International Airport as he returned from a family vacation in Lebanon, Iraqi officials said. The Justice and Accountability Committee screens former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party who are applying for jobs in the government.

The American military doesn't release the names of those it detains. Maj. John C. Hall, a U.S. spokesman in Baghdad said the arrested man was implicated in "multiple criminal acts including bombings and attacks against Iraqi targets" including the bombing June 24 of the Sadr City District Advisory Council meeting, which killed six Iraqis, two American soldiers and two U.S. civilians.

The blast ripped through the municipal building just before elections for a chairman of the advisory council in a neighborhood that's mostly controlled by supporters of renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr. It was thought to have targeted Hassan Shamma, the leading candidate for the office.

"If it's right that they've arrested the man who was in charge, I will sue him," said Shamma, who was wounded in the bombing but has since been elected and taken office.

Chalabi condemned the arrest Thursday night. "This incident shows the need for an end to the random arrest of Iraqis by the American forces, which are against the human rights outlined in the constitution. It proves for a fact that each Iraqi might be arrested or put in prison without knowing the reasons," he said in a news release. He couldn't be reached for further comment.

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[Me.]

1. WooHoo!

Hope he drops a dime on that scum Chalabi

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2. I have been saying this all along

There is your death squads with the electric screwdrivers too.

Don