BAGHDAD, April 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraqi security forces Tuesday captured a senior official of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, who believed to have organized and funded insurgent attacks on the US-Iraqi security forces.

    Fadhil Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Mashadani, the former leader of the Military Bureau in Baghdad during the Saddam Hussein regime, was apprehended by security forces in a military operation at a farm located northeast of Baghdad, announced a government statement.

    The statement said Mashadani was "among the main facilitators of many terrorist attacks in Iraq."

    "Mashadani is believed to be personally responsible for coordinating and funding attacks against the Iraqi people," the statement said. Enditem