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| Iraq |
| Another of Sammy’s Inlaws Bagged |
| 2003-11-21 |
| EFL: US forces have detained Arshad Yassin, a brother-in-law of ousted leader Saddam Hussein who was also his personal helicopter pilot and a senior figure in his close protection force until the early 1990s, a senior Iraqi police officer said Thursday. Yassin, who held the rank of airforce lieutenant general, and another officer of the protection force of the former president, Major Radman Ali Al-Huraimus were arrested Wednesday, in a village located 40 kilometers south of Kirkuk, the officer said. He said a US force was airlifted to the village and stormed the house where the two were hiding, disguised as peasants. He added US troops acted on a tip-off because they went straight to the house. "Surprise!" The US army, for its part, did not confirm the arrests. Yassin is married to Samira Hussein, one of Saddam’s two sisters. Hope she doesn’t look like her brother. Or maybe that’s why Arshad was hiding out. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Steve, is that Arshad or Arsh-hat? |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-11-21 1:50:01 PM |
| #1 "He added US troops acted on a tip-off " We couldnt do this without the help of anti-Saddam locals. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-11-21 10:30:31 AM |