BAGHDAD - US soldiers in Baghdad captured an Iraqi arms dealer and assassination squad leader responsible for trafficking Shia extremists in and out of neighboring Iran for training, the military said on Sunday. U.S. soldiers, acting on intelligence from other Shia militiamen already in custody, captured the Basra-based special groups' leader late Saturday at a hideout in eastern Baghdad, according to a military statement.
The wanted man is alleged to be a commander of an assassination squad in Basra, an arms dealer with connections to Iran and a document counterfeiter,' the statement said.
He also arranges transportation of criminals into Iran for training, and then back into Iraq, it said. One of the leader's aides was also arrested without incident.