By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US officials are investigating allegations that an Iraqi lawmaker took part in the 1983 bombing of the US and French embassies in Kuwait and is a conduit for Iranian weapons and supplies smuggled to Shi'ite militias, a US spokesman said Tuesday.
Jamal Jaafar Mohammed, who was elected to parliament in December 2005 on the Shi'ite ticket, was sentenced to death in Kuwait years ago for his role in the bombings, in which five people were killed and 86 injured, but fled to Iran, CNN reported. He returned to Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, but has not attended any legislative sessions since last year and is believed to be in Iran, Shi'ite lawmakers said.
CNN said US military intelligence in Iraq believes Mohammed helps Iranian special forces in Iraq as "a conduit for weapons and political influence."
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