Naseer Al-Nahr • Arab News
A cousin of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been captured in the flashpoint city of Fallujah where he was fighting with rebels, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said yesterday.
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Ezzeddine Al-Majid was arrested in the city last week, Allawi told the interim National Assembly in Baghdad. "He is now in the hands of Iraqi security forces. There will be an inquiry and he will be judged. "The members of the former regime, especially the hard core around Saddam Hussein, continue to do damage to Iraq and the Iraqis," he added. US-led troops killed hundreds of fighters during a massive assault in Fallujah last month, but have continued to face resistance in the flashpoint city that lies west of Baghdad. Majid, 44, was accused in July by US authorities of helping organize and arm the insurgency in Iraq, according to the New York Times. |