Baghdad, 20 Oct. (AKI) - Iraqi police have arrested one of Saddam Hussein's nephews. Officials say Yassir Sabhawi Ibrahim - son of the deposed dictator's half-brother Sabhawi Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti - was arrested in a Baghdad apartment on Wednesday, accused of being one of the main financiers for the insurgency activities in Iraq. His arrest came just a few days after the Syrian authorities forced him to return to Iraq, the officials said, describing his capture as a "serious blow to terrorist networks".
Syria is said to have "pushed" Ibrahim into Iraq and informed the US authorities of his whereabouts in Baghdad, rather than handing him over. The Iraqi security forces then carried out a "fast, easy" raid on his apartment, a defence ministry official said. He is thought to have been handling Baath Party funds in Syria, Jordan and Yemen and coordinating a huge network of militants inside Iraq, as well as acting as go between for the Baathist insurgents and the terror group of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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