CNN reports that the man chosen to lead the Iraqi National Guard in a province in the Sunni triangle has been arrested by U.S. forces on the suspicion that he has ties to insurgent fighters.
Gen. Talib Abed Ghayib Najm was named to head the National Guard in the Diyala province just two weeks ago, and had not yet been confirmed by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, the spokesman for the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division said told CNN.
According to the Associated Press, Gen. Talib al-Lahibi was detained Thursday.
Nope, you just can't make this stuff up.
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