BAGHDAD – Iraq arrested four men in May accused of involvement in the beheading of American businessman Nicholas Berg, a government spokesman said yesterday.
The arrests had been previously announced, and it was not immediately clear why the government announced them again yesetrday. Major-general Hussein Ali Kamal, the under-secretary at the interior ministry, told Iraqi radio yesterday that four men had been arrested in the Berg case.The report was confirmed by Iraqi officials, who later clarified that the men had been arrested in May and the arrests were announced at the time.Berg, 26, was kidnapped in April and his decapitated body was found in Baghdad in May.An al Qaeda affiliated group claimed responsibility.- Nampa-APMajor-general Hussein Ali Kamal, the under-secretary at the interior ministry, told Iraqi radio yesterday that four men had been arrested in the Berg case.The report was confirmed by Iraqi officials, who later clarified that the men had been arrested in May and the arrests were announced at the time.Berg, 26, was kidnapped in April and his decapitated body was found in Baghdad in May.An al Qaeda affiliated group claimed responsibility.- Nampa-AP
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