An update on this story from 2007, which called Daqduq “one of Hezbollah’s top special operations commanders, [and] an expert in the use of roadside bombs,” who admitted working with Iran’s al-Qods special operations unit. He is believed to have played a key role in a brazen ambush on U.S. soldiers who thought they were going to discuss security issues with Shi’ite leaders.
Obviously, this bears watching. “Hezbollah commander could be transferred in days,” from the Associated Press, July 21:
A Hezbollah commander held in Baghdad by the US military and considered a threat to American troops could be transferred soon to Iraqi authorities, and US security officials worry he could escape or even be freed.
Ali Mussa Daqduq worked with Iranian agents to train Shiite militias who targeted American soldiers in Iraq, according to the US military. He was captured in 2007 and US officials have linked him to a brazen 2007 raid in which four American soldiers were abducted and killed in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala.