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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-18-09 11:26 AM
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Iraq police release video 'of Qaeda leader'
Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) — The Iraqi authorities on Monday released a video showing the interrogation of a man they say is Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, chief of the Iraqi branch of Al-Qaeda, whose identity is subject to dispute.

The spokesman for Baghdad's security operations, Major General Qasim Atta, showed images at a media conference of the interrogation of a man who explained how Al-Qaeda financed its activities in Iraq.

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"I named myself Abu Omar al-Baghdadi because the name Abu Omar represents the Sunnis and al-Baghdadi is the centre of Iraq and al-Husseini represents all of the people," he said. Baghdadi's last name is al-Husseini.

The alleged Al-Qaeda leader then went on to describe how his insurgent group was financed.

"The financing sources are external and internal. The external sources are from some associations based in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria as well as some people who bring money to Iraq.

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