Convicted Felon Working Undercover for the Government to Reduce Prison Sentence Arrested for Involvement in Terrorism Plot

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The terrorists were linked to Ansar al-Islam, a terrorist group that operated in Northern Iraq North of the No Fly Zone an area that Saddam Hussein couldn’t control, but was under the control of the Kurds. Ansar al-Islam was trying to depose Saddam and therefore had a goal in common with the Kurds, al-Qaida, and the Iranian Government. As a result Ansar al-Islam had operational links with all three.