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FBI to assist in probe into Najaf bomb massacre
Baghdad, Sep 01: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will help Iraqi police in their bid to find out who planted the bomb in the Iraqi city of Najaf that killed at least 83 people, the top FBI agent in Iraq said today.
Baghdad, Sep 01: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will help Iraqi police in their bid to find out who planted the bomb in the Iraqi city of Najaf that killed at least 83 people, the top FBI agent in Iraq said today.
Tom Fuentes told news agencies that his officers would examine
samples of the explosives used in Friday`s car bombing and would check the suspects being held to see if they are known terrorists.
"Whoever they (the Iraqi police) have we`ll be looking to see if they`re members of any known terrorist group and analyse them through terrorist databases to see if they`re identified terrorists," he said.
He added that the FBI had been requested to help in the probe by the coalition provisional authority, which had received the request from the governor of Najaf.
Fuentes is already helping the Iraqi police in the probes into the August 19 suicide truck bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and the Jordan embassy blast on August 7 that kicked off the recent wave of car explosions in Iraq.
Bureau Report
"Whoever they (the Iraqi police) have we`ll be looking to see if they`re members of any known terrorist group and analyse them through terrorist databases to see if they`re identified terrorists," he said.
He added that the FBI had been requested to help in the probe by the coalition provisional authority, which had received the request from the governor of Najaf.
Fuentes is already helping the Iraqi police in the probes into the August 19 suicide truck bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and the Jordan embassy blast on August 7 that kicked off the recent wave of car explosions in Iraq.
Bureau Report