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Bush asked to release Saddam half brother
3.11.2005
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IRIYADH, Saudi
Arabia (Nov.2) - The Saudi king has asked
President Bush to release Saddam Hussein's half
brother on humanitarian grounds, the daily newspaper
Al-Riyadh reported Wednesday.
The paper quoted sources it did not identify as
saying King Abdullah sent a letter to Bush asking
him to release Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti because he
was suffering from an advanced stage of cancer. The
paper did not say when the letter was sent.
Al-Riyadh is guided by the government and close to
the monarchy. The report comes on the eve of a
Muslim feast, when it is traditional to show
compassion and release prisoners from jail. |
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, was on the US "most
wanted" list.
Former Intelligence chief.
Photo: AP |
Saudi government officials could not be reached for
comment Wednesday.
The Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported
Friday that al-Tikriti wrote to the leaders of Iraq,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
asking them to help free him and saying he had
nothing to do with Saddam's 35 years of brutal rule.
Al-Tikriti is one seven former officials of Saddam's
regime who are standing trial with the former
dictator for the massacre of nearly 150 people in
Dujail, central Iraq, in 1982. He was chief of
intelligence at time of Dujail killings and later
served as Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations in
Geneva.
He was captured days after Saddam's regime fell in
April 2003 and is in U.S. custody in Baghdad.
AP
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