Iraqi forces have nabbed a militant leader at a farm northeast of Baghdad whom they describe as a former member of Saddam Hussein’s government.

Fadhil Ibrahim Mahmud Al-Mashadani is suspected of being “personally responsible for coordinating and funding attacks against the Iraqi people,” according to an official government statement, which called him one of “the main facilitators” of such attacks.

The statement says the man was the leader of Saddam's military bureau in Baghdad.

Meanwhile troops from the 3rd Infantry Division’s Task Force Baghdad have captured for suspected terrorists targeted for involvement in terrorist cells in four separate locations, the military said Tuesday.

The suspects were arrested in raids late Monday night and early Tuesday morning in western Baghdad, officials said.

Soldiers seized two protective masks, two AK-47 rifle magazines, a laptop computer and various documents, officials said.

The 3rd ID took over operations in and around Baghdad from Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division in February.

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