Albert T Sombolay

In the first known spy case connected with Operation Desert Storm, an Army artilleryman has been convicted of espionage after admitting that he sold troop deployment information and samples of chemical warfare protection suits to Iraqi and Jordanian diplomats, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. Army officials said that Specialist Albert T. Sombolay, a naturalized American from Zaire, was sentenced to 34 years in prison July 17 on charges of espionage and contacting the enemy.

In the first known spy case connected with Operation Desert Storm, an Army artilleryman has been convicted of espionage after admitting that he sold troop deployment information and samples of chemical warfare protection suits to Iraqi and Jordanian diplomats, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. Army officials said that Specialist Albert T. Sombolay, a naturalized American from Zaire, was sentenced to 34 years in prison July 17 on charges of espionage and contacting the enemy.