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In a new development that could worsen rows between Iraq and Syria, Iraq aired on Sunday a confession from a Saudi Qaeda militant who accused Syrian intelligence agents of training foreign fighters like himself in a camp before sending them to participate in operations aimed to destabilize Iraq.
Mohammed Hassan Al Shemari said when he arrived in Syria from Saudi Arabia, he was met by a militant who took him to a training camp in Syria. The head of the camp was a Syrian intelligence agent called Abu Al Qaqaa, he noted.
“They taught us lessons in Islamic law and trained us to fight”, he added.
Al Shemari affirmed that he crossed into Iraq through Boukamal region after ending training with three other militants, a Saudi, a Libyan and an Algerian.
He moved around Iraq before settling in Diyala Province, Al Shemari counted affirming that he participated in operations aimed at destabilizing Iraq. He explained that he received financial support from Syria and Saudi Arabia to fund combat operations in the country.
The arrested confessed that he slaughtered himself a number of policemen in the presence of militants in order to train them on slaughter.
Baghdad Operations Spokesman Brigadier Qassem Ata affirmed that the confession is clear while investigations are underway with the rest of the terrorist group.
The suicide bombers who triggered recent explosions in Baghdad were recently released from US-run Camp Bucca, a senior official said speaking on condition of anonymity.
All of the suspects were from Nineveh and Salaheddin provinces, have Takfiri backgrounds and are related to the Islamic State of Iraq, the official noted. Conjunctures of the crime were uncovered after identifying one of the truck bombs license plate, he explained.
14 suspects had been arrested in the wake of the attacks. \"The vast majority of them were released in recent months from Camp Bucca,\" the official said.
He continued that involved suspects are linked through organized and complicated networks as each one of them has a precise role.
\"We have no proof that a former detainee was involved in the bombings,\" US army spokesman Brad Kimberly said.
“The government of Iraq is still investigating the attacks, and it would be inappropriate for us to speculate as to who may have been involved while the investigation is ongoing”, he added.
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