Va. man worked for Syrian intelligence, U.S. says

A Northern Virginia man has been indicted on charges of working as an agent for the Syrian intelligence service and gathering information about people protesting the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday morning.

Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, a 47-year-old from Leesburg, was arrested Tuesday and is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a federal judge in Alexandria Wednesday afternoon. He was charged with conspiring to act in the United States on behalf of a foreign government.

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Joby Warrick 12 Oct, 2011


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