Topic: Man detained at Sunni politician's home in Baghdad planning suicide attacks

Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 30 September 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The security guard detained at the home of a prominent Sunni
politician is suspected of being a member of al-Qaida in Iraq involved in
planning a major suicide car bombing assault inside Baghdad's fortified
Green Zone, the U.S. command said Saturday.

Guard Khudhir Farhan was taken into custody Friday at the home of Adnan
al-Dulaimi, the head of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, al-Dulaimi
told The Associated Press, denying the man had any terrorist connections.
But the military said in a statement that "credible intelligence indicates
the individual, a member of Dr. Dulaimi's personal security detachment, and
seven members of the detained individual's cell were in the final stages of
launching a series of (car bomb) attacks inside the International Zone,
possibly involving suicide vests."