 Egyptian police discovered in a Cairo apartment the body of an Iraqi national believed to have been a former security official of the ousted Iraqi Baath regime. Police sources identified the dead man as Asaad Abdel Hadi Haidar, 55, who had arrived recently in Egypt, where he reportedly intended to settle permanently. They said Haidar was identified in his passport as a merchant, but Iraqi sources in the Egyptian capital told UPI he had been a security officer under Saddam Hussein's regime. Police seized five Egyptians -- a real estate broker, his wife and three accomplices -- suspected of killing Haidar to steal his money. Thousands of Iraqis, including many who worked in the security apparatus of the former Iraqi regime, have flocked to Egypt in recent months, apparently fleeing harassment at home. |