Jury convicts accused Iraqi agent on six counts

? A man accused of trying to sell the names of U.S. operatives and agents to Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime for $3 million was convicted Wednesday of six of the seven charges against him.

Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban, who blamed his troubles on a twin who relatives testified does not exist, was convicted of charges including acting as an unregistered foreign agent, violating sanctions against Iraq, conspiracy and witness tampering.

Jurors deadlocked over whether he offered to sell U.S. secrets to Saddam’s government.

Prosecutors said Shaaban, who is Palestinian, traveled to Baghdad in late 2002, four months before the American invasion, and agreed to sell U.S. intelligence secrets. No evidence was presented during his trial, however, that he had access to such information.

Shaaban faces up to 55 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines.