An Iraqi university president who was arrested last week and led from his home with a hood over his head is suspected of aiding Al Qaeda terrorists by providing them with weapons, the Associated Press reported today.

The accusations against the president of Diyala University, Nazar al-Khafaji, and another high-profile detainee are outlined in documents that were leaked today. “According to excerpts from the arrest reports by the anti-terrorism squad involved in the case, the two are suspected of aiding Al Qaeda insurgents involved in sectarian killings,” the AP reported.

The province of Diyala, north of Baghdad, remains one of Iraq’s most volatile and is riven by sectarian violence. Mr. Al-Khafaji and Hussein al-Zubaidi, the provincial council’s security head who was arrested on the same day, are both Sunnis. Sunni leaders say their arrests by Shiite-led forces were politically motivated.

The provincial council suspended work in response to the arrests, and the council’s chief, Ibrahim Bajilan, said today that “council members would not return to work until the detainees are released,” the AP reported. —Aisha Labi