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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.lawmaker/index.html
U.S. Military: Iraqi Lawmaker Is U.S. Embassy Bomber
[CNN] Michael Ware - Jamal Jafaar Mohammed, who was sentenced to death in Kuwait for the 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies, now sits in Iraq's parliament as a member of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's ruling coalition, according to U.S. military intelligence. Washington says he supports Shiite insurgents and acts as an Iranian agent, assisting Iranian special forces in Iraq as "a conduit for weapons and political influence." A Kuwaiti court sentenced Mohammed to death in 1984 for the bombings. Five people died in the attacks and 86 were wounded. He had fled the country before the trial. Western intelligence agencies also accuse Mohammed of involvement in the hijacking of a Kuwaiti airliner in 1984 and the attempted assassination of a Kuwaiti prince.