Saddam's half-brother arrested
17/04/2003 19:05  - (SA)  

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Camp As-Saliyah, Qatar - Barzan al-Tikriti, half-brother of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, was arrested on Thursday, said Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks at the United States central command's forward base here.

"This morning, coalition special operation forces supported by US marines captured Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti.

"Barzan is the half-brother of Saddam Hussein and an adviser to the former regime leader," said Brooks.

"There were no casualties," he added.

A family friend had earlier said Barzani died last Friday in a US bombing of his farm in the region of Ramadi, west of Baghdad.

A US official has confirmed reports that another half-brother of Saddam's, Watban Ibrahim Hasan, who is Barzan's full brother, was captured near the border with Syria trying to flee Iraq on Sunday.

- AFX

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