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DON LEMON: Sentenced to
death in Kuwait, elected to office in Iraq. Jamal
Jafaar Mohammed is a member of a ruling coalition in
Iraq's parliament. He's also, according to the U.S.
military, a terrorist, a spy, and an outlaw.
Let's get more from CNN's Michael Ware. He's in
Baghdad for us -- Michael.
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Don, Jamal
Jafaar Mohammed was elected to the Iraqi parliament
in the 2005 ballot that was sponsored by the U.S.
mission here. Little did they know at the time that
Jamal Jafaar Mohammed was involved in the car bombing
of a U.S. embassy in Kuwait in 1983. U.S. military
intelligence says, in fact, he was one of the
masterminds of that plot.
A Kuwaiti court sentenced him -- convicted him in
absentia, and sentenced him to death for his role in
the U.S. Embassy bombing, and the French Embassy
bombing, and attacks on other facilities. He later
showed up leading an Iraqi element of the Iranian
armed forces, and we now find him in the Iraqi
parliament enjoying immunity from prosecution.
U.S. military intelligence has now gone to the Iraqi
government and said, "we have material that shows
he's a conduit for weapons and political influence,
is an agent for Iran, and is assisting Shia
insurgents attacking U.S. forces."
LEMON: Michael Ware in Baghdad.
Thank you so much for that.
DON LEMON: Sentenced to death in Kuwait, elected to
office in Iraq. Jamal Jafaar Mohammed is a member of
a ruling coalition in Iraq's parliament. He's also,
according to the U.S. military, a terrorist, a spy,
and an outlaw.
Let's get more from CNN's Michael Ware. He's in
Baghdad for us -- Michael.
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Don, Jamal
Jafaar Mohammed was elected to the Iraqi parliament
in the 2005 ballot that was sponsored by the U.S.
mission here. Little did they know at the time that
Jamal Jafaar Mohammed was involved in the car bombing
of a U.S. embassy in Kuwait in 1983. U.S. military
intelligence says, in fact, he was one of the
masterminds of that plot.
A Kuwaiti court sentenced him -- convicted him in
absentia, and sentenced him to death for his role in
the U.S. Embassy bombing, and the French Embassy
bombing, and attacks on other facilities. He later
showed up leading an Iraqi element of the Iranian
armed forces, and we now find him in the Iraqi
parliament enjoying immunity from prosecution.
U.S. military intelligence has now gone to the Iraqi
government and said, "we have material that shows
he's a conduit for weapons and political influence,
is an agent for Iran, and is assisting Shia
insurgents attacking U.S. forces."
LEMON: Michael Ware in Baghdad.
Thank you so much for that.