Iraqi nationals living in the United States have been a vital source of intelligence for US troops seeking to root out remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime, FBI director Robert Mueller told a congressional panel Wednesday.
"We had in excess of 200 reports that were funneled to our troops overseas about the location of bunkers, weapons, communications facilities," Mueller said, citing that all told, about 10,000 Iraqi-Americans across the United States were interviewed by US federal agents before the beginning of the US-led war against Iraq.
“The interviews went exceptionally well," Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to AFP.
"Most of them were refugees from the Saddam Hussein regime. And they had information and intelligence that was helpful to our troops overseas, " Mueller stated. (Albawaba.com)
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