Iraqi NP intelligence officer detained
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained Col. Thamir Mohammad (Isma’il) Sinah Al-Husayni, aka Abu Turab, for suspected involvement in illegal militia activities.
On Sept. 20, elements of 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division moved to Forward Operating Base Justice and took Col. Thamir into custody.
Col. Thamir is currently assigned as the intelligence officer for the 2nd National Police Division Headquarters, which operates primarily in the northwestern portion of Baghdad. He is responsible for large quantities of intelligence data and is suspected of using that information against Coalition and Iraqi forces throughout the area.
Col. Thamir allegedly uses his position to direct Iraqi National Police officers to use traffic check points throughout western Baghdad to detain Sunnis, thereby aiding in sectarian evictions in Shia areas. He also allegedly targets specific Sunnis at the behest of Jaysh al-Mahdi and Badr.
Additionally, he is alleged to use Sunni detainees for ransom and directs his men to abuse detainees to force confessions.
His arrest is the most recent in a series of arrests focused on members of the Iraqi Security Forces who are complicit with illegal and militia activities.
Eleven members of the Iraqi Security Forces have been detained for suspected involvement in illegal activities since May.
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