U.S. Army: 2 People Financing Hizbullah Were Arrested in Iraq
The U.S. military in Iraq has said that Iraqi forces arrested two people allegedly financing Lebanese Hizbullah operations.
The army said in a communiqué that the two men were seized on Monday during a combined search of a suspected militant safe house in a northern Baghdad neighborhood.
Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, searched a building allegedly used to house Hizbullah members, the communiqué said.
Based on evidence found at the scene, the security team arrested two people suspected of acquiring illegal weapons for and financing Hizbullah operations, it added.