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BAGHDAD, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army announced Thursday soldiers operating in Iraq have arrested a man suspected of giving about $100 million to al-Qaida in Iraq.
The army statement said a joint U.S.-Iraqi commando force apprehended the man during a raid on a Baghdad al-Qaida cell Tuesday, KUNA, the Kuwait News Agency, reported Thursday.
The statement said the man used to travel to foreign countries to raise funds and deliver them to al-Qaida. The army said he paid about $50,000 to al-Qaida members every month.
The detainee used the leather trade to conceal his fundraising efforts and formerly used the cover to transport arms and munitions into Iraq from neighboring countries, the statement said.
The man is also suspected of involvement in importing the explosives used to bomb the Imams Shrine in 2006 and 2007.
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