Man pleads guilty in Iraq espionage case

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Source: Associated Press

DETROIT - A Michigan man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he spied for Saddam Hussein's former regime and shared information with the executed Iraqi dictator's intelligence service.

Ghazi Al-Awadi, 78, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Iraq, pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the government of Iraq under Saddam's regime, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Under terms of the plea agreement in U.S. District Court, Al-Awadi, of Dearborn, faces up to 51 months in prison at sentencing on Nov. 8.

Al-Awadi and Najib Shemami, 58, were charged based on Iraqi intelligence documents captured by U.S. forces in Iraq in 2003 and later authenticated by former members of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, authorities said.

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