NATIONAL BRIEFING / MICHIGAN
A suburban Detroit man accused of spying for Saddam Hussein’s regime and sharing information with the executed Iraqi dictator’s intelligence service has pleaded guilty to aiding Iraq without approval from the U.S. government.
Najib Shemami, 60, was accused of traveling to Iraq to report on U.S. and Turkish military activities and to supply information about Iraqi natives living in the United States.
Defense lawyer Ed Wishnow says he’ll argue at sentencing in May that the Sterling Heights man was coerced by Saddam’s regime. Shemami faces about four years in prison.
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