Iraqi governor jailed for extortion (US collaborator)

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Iraqi governor jailed for extortion
By Colin Freeman
Baghdad

The US-appointed governor of Iraq's holy Shia city of
Najaf, Haydar Abdul Munim, has been jailed for 14 years on charges of corruption, extortion and false imprisonment.

Judges at Iraq's newly- convened central criminal court in Baghdad announced the verdict on Monday after a trial that lasted several months.

Munim was made the mayor of Najaf by grateful US troops after winning their trust by feeding them tip-offs about Baath Party fighters.

But within weeks of taking office last April, locals had dubbed him Saddam II after he began stealing cars, extorting public funds from bank officials and kidnapping anybody who got in his way.

Munim was assisted in his crimes by his brother Mohamed, known as the Monster, who ran his own private army of 150 henchmen and is still at large.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3240947.stm