The AP issued a statement to Editor & Publisher reporting that Ministry spokesman Abdul - Karim Khalaf had formally acknowledged that Hussein was an officer assigned to the Khadra police station .
Ministry spokesman Abdul - Karim Khalaf had previously denied Hussein 's existence .
The AP issued a statement to Editor & Publisher reporting that Ministry spokesman Abdul - Karim Khalaf , who had previously denied Hussein 's existence , had formally acknowledged that Hussein was an officer assigned to the Khadra police station .