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Iraq
Saddam’s Half Brother Captured
2003-04-13
Allied forces have captured a half brother of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq, a U.S. official said Sunday. Watban Ibrahim Hassan, who had in the past served as an adviser to his half brother, was captured near Mosul as he apparently tried to flee to rat-infested Syria, the official said. Hassan had fallen out of favor with Saddam in 1995 and was dismissed as Iraq's interior minister, head of the regime's secret police and other domestic security agencies. Saddam viewed Hassan as a threat and kept a close watch on him, the official said. Saddam's son Odai is reported to have shot Hassan around the time of his dismissal as interior minister.
Another rat caught.
Posted by:Steve White

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