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Senior Iraqi Ba'th Official In Syria Behind Attacks In Iraq

Iraqi Ba'th Party member Wisam Ali Kazem confessed yesterday that he was involved in the bombing last week that killed 95 Iraqis.

In his confession, which was released by Iraqi security apparatuses, Kazem said that about a month ago a former senior Iraqi Ba'th official residing in Syria had asked him to carry out an attack that would shock the Iraqi government.

Source: Alarabiya.net, August 23, 2009

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