WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - An Iraqi-American who helped organize a 2002 U.S. congressional trip to Baghdad was indicted on Wednesday on charges of working for the government of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Justice Department said.

Muthanna al-Hanooti, a former official with the registered Islamic charity Life for Relief and Development, was arrested on Tuesday when he entered the United States from abroad, department spokesman Dean Boyd said.

Al-Hanooti was released on $100,000 bond after an initial court appearance in Detroit.

(Reporting by Randall Mikkelsen, editing by Philip Barbara)

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