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Iraq requests Yemen to extradite Saddam's
nephew
17.11.2005
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Sanaa, 17 Nov.
(AKI) - Iraq has asked Yemen to extradite one of
former dictator Saddam Hussein's nephews to face
charges of "committing acts of terror". A formal
extradition request has also been presented to
Interpol. It is not known whether Omar Sabawi
Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti is actually in Yemeni
custody, but a statement issued by the US military
said the authorities "fully expect Yemen's
cooperation with Interpol in extraditing Omar Sabawi
from Sanaa to Baghdad."
Omar, who is believed to be around 35, is the son of
one of Saddam's half-brothers and is wanted in Iraq
for funding and leading insurgent groups, especially
around the northern city of Mosul.
"His efforts resulted in many deaths, injuries and
destruction of property," the statement said, adding
that several other members of the same family were
already in custody for backing "terrorist
activities". |
Former dictator Saddam Hussein
Photo : AFP
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Last month, one of Omar's brothers, Yassir Sabawi
Ibrahim, was captured in Baghdad, accused of being
one of the main financiers for the insurgency
activities. Following his arrest, the Iraqi interior
minister Bayan Jabr said Yassir had told
interrogators he had been receiving money from
someone "from the family of Saddam" living in "other
Arab countries" to deliver to insurgents in Iraq.
In September, another of the brothers, Ayman, was
given a life sentence on charges of helping fund the
insurgency and bomb-making. Their father was caught
in Syria and handed over to the Iraqi authorities in
July, the same month as the US Treasury blocked the
assets of all six of his sons, "based on information
that the men have been providing financial and
tactical support to insurgents attacking coalition
forces and Iraqi civilians."
Last month, a Yemeni businessman accused of
murdering another of Saddam Hussein's relatives in
February this year was freed after one million
dollars in blood money was paid out to the victim's
family. Ali Ahmad Hassan al-Majeed, nephew of Ali
Hassan al-Majeed - another of Saddam's half
brothers, and better known as Chemical Ali - was
shot dead at a Chinese restaurant in the Yemeni
capital Sanaa after a heated argument with a
businessman over the former Iraqi dictator.
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