Two Detroit men charged as Iraqi spies

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Two Detroit men charged as Iraqi spies

Wed Apr 18, 12:08 PM ET

DETROIT (Reuters) - Two men from the Detroit area have been
charged with spying for executed Iraq leader Saddam Hussein's
intelligence service, according to federal court documents.

Najib Shemami and Ghazi Al-Awadi were indicted for giving the
former government information about its enemies in the United
States, and were freed on $10,000 bonds each after appearing
in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Tuesday.

The documents also said Al-Awadi told the Iraqi Intelligence
Service in 1997 that he killed his son-in-law, who belonged to
an anti-Hussein political party.

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Iraqis in the Detroit metropolitan area, home to the largest
expatriate Iraqi population, have long complained they were
being spied on. Shemami and Al-Awadi were born in Iraq and are
naturalized U.S. citizens.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/us_nm/iraq_spies_dc

[orleans]

1. oooh....spies..... n/t