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US military confirms holding, releasing Iraqi with same name as an Amman hotel bomber
BAGHDAD, Iraq - (AP) American forces detained and later released
an Iraqi with the same name as one of the suicide attackers who struck three
hotels in Amman, Jordan, last week, the U.S. military said Monday.
Jordanian authorities said Safaa Mohammed Ali, 23, was among the
suicide attackers who struck last Wednesday at the Grand Hyatt, SAS Radisson
and Day's Inn hotels, killing at least 57 people.
A statement by the U.S. command said someone by that name was
detained in November 2004 in connection with the American assault on the
insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The command said it could not confirm
whether the person detained was the same man who took part in the Amman
attack.
"He was detained locally at the division detention facility" but was
released two weeks later because there was no "compelling evidence to
continue to hold him" as a "threat to the security of Iraq."
BAGHDAD, Iraq - (AP) American forces detained and later released
an Iraqi with the same name as one of the suicide attackers who struck three
hotels in Amman, Jordan, last week, the U.S. military said Monday.
Jordanian authorities said Safaa Mohammed Ali, 23, was among the
suicide attackers who struck last Wednesday at the Grand Hyatt, SAS Radisson
and Day's Inn hotels, killing at least 57 people.
A statement by the U.S. command said someone by that name was
detained in November 2004 in connection with the American assault on the
insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The command said it could not confirm
whether the person detained was the same man who took part in the Amman
attack.
"He was detained locally at the division detention facility" but was
released two weeks later because there was no "compelling evidence to
continue to hold him" as a "threat to the security of Iraq."