The US military says Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law, an Iraqi intelligence agent who is on a US blacklist of former Iraqi officials, had been in US custody since Friday. The US Central Command (Centcom), which controls US military operations in Iraq and the Gulf, says coalition forces have captured Luay Khayrallah, who is also a companion of the ousted Iraqi leader's son Uday.
| Sounds like a real fun guy. Hanging around with Uday was always good for lotsa laffs... |
It did not say where he was captured, but says he is number 52 on a US list of wanted Iraqis. The Centcom statement also says US troops have detained 17 Iraqis near Saddam's home town of Tikrit, and near the western town of Falluja, on suspicion of harbouring members of Saddam's now outlawed Ba'ath party and other former officials. Troops are hunting down Iraqi officials and have captured 21 out of a list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis. |