Timothy McVeigh and the Iraqi soldier

The author of a book on the Oklahoma City bombing said a homeless man arrested in Quincy was identified by several witnesses to the bombing as having been with Timothy McVeigh on the day of the deadly attack. Quincy police spoke with the author and notified the FBI of the arrest of Hussain Al Hussaini on a charge of slashing a man’s face with a beer bottle in Quincy Square. Quincy police Capt. John Dougan said the suspect has the same name as a man featured prominently in the 2004 book “The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing.” The man also has a tattoo on his arm that matches the description of one on the arm of the man in the book. The author, Jayna Davis, saw Al Hussaini during depositions for a lawsuit he brought against her. Davis said Al Hussaini, a former Iraqi solider, was seen with McVeigh in the weeks before the Oklahoma City attack and on April 19, 1995, the day of the bombing, which killed 168 people. Al Hussaini, 45, is being held on $500 bail on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.