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| Iraq |
| Saddam nephew arrested |
| 2006-05-24 |
| A NEPHEW of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been arrested in Beirut on suspicion of crimes against the Iraqi people, the Iraqi Government said today. "The criminal Bashar Sabawi was arrested in Beirut in cooperation with Interpol," a government statement said without giving the date of the arrest. Bashar's father Sabawi testified this week in the trial of his brother Barzan and half-brother Saddam. Sabawi himself was arrested on the Syrian border in February 2005 on charges of funding the insurgency. "Bashar is at the top of a list of those wanted for their crimes against the Iraqi people during and after the fall of the dictator," the government statement said. "This is also a message to terrorists inside and outside Iraq and a victory for our intelligence services," it added. Bashar's brother Ayman, also accused of being involved in the insurgency, was arrested exactly a year ago, on May 2005 during an operation in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit. |
| Posted by:tipper |