Hizbullah Man Wanted by U.S. Freed from Iraq Custody
The lawyer for a Hizbullah commander wanted by the United States said his client has been released from Iraqi custody and has been flown to the Beirut.
Lawyer Abdul-Mahdi al-Mitairi said Ali Moussa Daqdouq was released on Friday from house arrest in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The lawyer did not provide further information in an email sent to The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi official told Agence France Presse on condiiton of anonymity that "the judiciary decided to release Ali Moussa Daqdouq due to a lack of sufficient evidence," adding that Daqdouq is now in Lebanon.
The U.S believes Daqduq was the mastermind of a 2007 raid on an American military base in the Iraqi holy Shiite city of Karbala that killed five U.S. soldiers.
Two Iraqi courts have found Daqduq not guilty and rejected the U.S. request to extradite the Hizbullah militant.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Source: Associated Press, Agence France Presse
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