Saddam's Half Brother, #36, Caught

Iraq Forum

Sunday, February 27, 2005


BAGHDAD, Iraq _—_Iraqi security forces captured Saddam Hussein's half brother and former adviser, government officials said Sunday, dealing a blow to an insurgency that some Iraqi officials claim the most-wanted fugitive was helping organize and fund.

Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan was No. 36 on the list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis — and the six of diamonds in the U.S.-issued deck of cards — released by U.S. authorities after American troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, and among a recent group of 29 most-wanted supporters of insurgents in Iraq. The United States had a $1 million bounty on his head.

Officials in interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's office, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed al-Hassan's capture but gave no details on where it took place or when. Capt. Ahmed Ismael, an intelligence officer in the Interior Ministry, said al-Hassan was detained early Sunday.

In a statement, Allawi's office said the arrest "shows the determination of the Iraqi government to chase and detain all criminals who carried out massacres and whose hands are stained with the blood of the Iraqi people, then bring them to justice to face the right punishment."

It was not immediately known whether U.S. troops played any role in the arrest. The U.S. military had no comment.


Al-Hassan's arrest came during a period of increased U.S. and Iraqi military activity against insurgents, who continued their campaign of violence against coalition forces and those Iraqis they believe are helping them or sympathize with them.

The U.S. command announced a U.S. Marine was killed Saturday during military operations in central Babil province. At least 1,493 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

In the northern town of Hammam Alil, 240 miles north of Baghdad, a bomb exploded inside the police headquarters, killing five people, including some police officers, said Khorshid Sultan, a coroner at the main hospital in Mosul.

In Baghdad, gunmen attacked police heading to work in the western Amiriyah district, killing two of them, police said. Police also found the body of an Iraqi woman, dressed in traditional black, with a sign that said "spy" pinned to her chest.

In Latifiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, Iraqi troops found four beheaded corpses on a farm. The four people belonged to the Badr Organization, a wing of the main Shiite political group, the Supreme Council For the Islamic Revolution. They were kidnapped earlier Saturday while driving to the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Yassin said.

The Badr Organization replaced the former Badr Brigade (search), SCIRI's armed wing, which was dissolved after a government order to disband militia groups last year.

Saddam and al-Hassan had the same mother but different fathers.

Under Saddam, al-Hassan led the dreaded General Security Directorate, which was responsible for internal security, especially cracking down on political parties opposing Saddam. Al-Hassan was accused of torturing and killing political opponents while leading that body.

He later became a presidential adviser, the last post he held in the former regime.

The government statement said he had "killed and tortured Iraqi people" and "participated effectively in planning, supervising, and carrying out many terrorist acts in Iraq."

In December, Allawi accused Syria of harboring senior officials from Saddam's ousted regime, including al-Hassan. Qassem Dawoud, Iraq's minister in charge of national security, claimed that al-Hassan was supporting insurgents in Iraq from Syria, according to remarks published last year in Kuwait's Al-Rai Al-Aam daily.

Al-Hassan's capture was the latest in a series of arrests the government hopes will deal a blow to the insurgency.

"This is a great achievement for the Iraqi security forces," National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie told Dubai's al-Arabiya TV. "It is also a lesson for others to give themselves up to the Iraqi authorities."

Iraqi authorities said Saturday they were close to capturing the country's most-wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's mastermind in Iraq and believed to be behind much of the insurgent violence. One of al-Zarqawi's key aides and a man who served as his driver were arrested Feb. 20.

The United States has placed a $25 million bounty on al-Zarqawi.

In other arrests, Iraqi National Guardsmen said they captured 15 alleged insurgents Saturday in a series of raids in Musayyib, about 50 miles southwest of Baghdad, said Defense Ministry official Capt. Sabah Yassin.

The 12 Iraqis and three Syrians confessed to being members of the insurgent Ansar al-Sunnah Army, Yassin said. That group has claimed responsibility for attacking U.S. and Iraqi forces, including in a December suicide bombing that killed 22 people, mostly Americans, at a U.S. military mess tent in Mosul.

Yassin said the 15 were found with weapons and CDs showing beheadings.

Saddam's two other half brothers, Barzan and Watban, were captured in April 2003 and are expected to stand trial with Saddam at the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Both appeared before the special court in Baghdad with Saddam and a handful of others to hear preliminary accusations against them.

Apparently the Syrias grabbed him and handed him over to the appropriate authorities, which is good maybe they are now listening to the US and fighting terror in Syria.
Funny thiing about this story is that Iraqi officials say he was handed in by Syria and Syrian offcials say he was caught by Syrain forces and handed in to Iraq but then the US say they went in to Syria and caught him I tend to believe the first version as the US military would not be stupid enough to cross the border and start fightiing in a country that they should not even be in.

The U.S. military in Iraq had no immediate comment on the matter. Who reported that "the U.S. went into Syria?"

You sure he was 36?

they showed his card on the news and it said it was #6.


I use to have the card set, you could pick them up at any gas station.

But I don't remember where it is right now, or i would check.

Nevermind, I checked the net, he was 36. I guess the news had it wrong.


1. Saddam Husayn GEN President / Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Chairman Captured December 13th

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2. Qusay Saddam Husayn al-Tikriti Chief, Special Security Organization/Special Republican Guard (SSO/SRG); Commander, Central Region Commander Killed July 22nd

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3. Uday Saddam Husayn al-Tikriti Member of the National Assembly, Olympic Committee Killed July 22nd

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4. Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti GEN Saddam’s Personal Secretary, National Security Advisor and Senior Bodyguard/Inner Circle Taken into custody June 16th

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5. Ali Hasan al-Majid GEN Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) / Commander, Ba'ath Party Regional Command / Inner Circle/ Presidential Advisor/ Head Of Central Workers Bureau Taken into custody August 21st

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6. Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri LTG Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Vice-Chairman / Northern Region Commander / Inner Circle/ Deputy Secretary General, Ba’th Party Regional Command / Deputy Commander, Armed Forces

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7. Hani abd al-Latif al-Tilfah al-Tikriti COL Director, Special Security Organization (SSO) And Responsible For Security And Investigations (MUDIRIYAH NUMBER TWO); Assistant To Qusay; Saddam's Nephew

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8. Aziz Salih al-Numan Regional Command Chairman For Ba’ath Party Baghdad Taken into custody May 22nd

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9. Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi Former Secretary Of Ba'ath Party Northern Bureau, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former Member Of The Ba'ath Regional Command Taken into custody April 20th

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10. Kamal Mustafa abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti GEN Secretary, Republican Guard/special Republican Guard (RG/SRG); Inner Circle Taken into custody May 17th

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11. Barzan abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti Bg Commander, Special Republican Guard (SRG) Taken into custody July 23rd

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12. Muzahim Sab Hasan al-Tikriti LTG Commander, Iraqi Air Defense Forces / Deputy Director Organization Of Military Industrialization (OMI) Taken into custody April 23rd

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13. Ibrahim Ahmad abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti GEN Chief Of Staff Of Iraqi Armed Forces General Staff & Army Taken into custody May 15th

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14. Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha al-Rawi LTG Iraqi Republican Guard (RG) Chief Of

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15. Rafi abd al-Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti MG Director, Directorate Of General Security (DGS)

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16. Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti LTG Director, Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS)

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17. Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti LTG Commander, Iraqi Air Force Taken into custody June 14th

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18. Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi Former Member Of Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) / Central Ba'ath Party Member / Deputy Secretary Of The Ba'ath Military Bureau/inner Circle Taken into custody June 9th

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19. Abd al-Tawab abdullah Mullah al-Huwaysh GEN Director, Organization Of Military Industrialization (MIC/OMI); Deputy Prime Minister Of Iraq Taken into custody May 2nd

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20. Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi Iraqi Vice President Taken into custody August 19th

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21. Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar Sulayman al-Nasiri Bg Saddam’s Senior Bodyguard/head-Tribal Affairs/Inner Circle

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22. Jamal Mustafa abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti Saddam’s Personal Security/ Deputy Chief-Tribal Affairs/Inner Circle/ Presidential Diwan/saddam Husayn’s Son-in-Law Taken into custody April 20th, turned over the Coalition April 21st

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23. Mizban Khudr al-Hadi Member Of Revlutionary Command Council (RCC)/central Euphrates Region Commander/ Ba'ath Party Regional Command Member/secretary Of Central Peasants Bureau Taken into custody on July 9th

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24. Taha Muhyi al-Din Maruf Vice President, Member Of Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Taken into custody May 2nd

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25. Tariq Aziz Deputy Prime Minister / Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Taken into custody April 25th

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26. Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti GEN Governor of al-Basrah, Former Special Security Organization (SSO) Chief Surrendered April 29th

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27. Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Jabburi al-Tai GEN Iraqi Minister Of Defense; Inner Circle Taken into custody September 19th

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28. Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi Deputy Prime Minister / Minister Of Finance Taken into custody April 18th

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29. Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad Iraqi Minister of Interior Taken into custody on July 9th

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30. Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi Quds Force Chief of Staff Taken into custody June 4th

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31. Zuhayr Talib abd al-Sattar al-Naqib LTG Director, Directorate Of Military Intelligence (DMI) Taken into custody April 23rd

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32. Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi LTG Presidential Advisor, Scientific and Technical Affairs Surrendered April 12th

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33. Amir Muhammad Rashid al-Tikriti al-Ubaydi LTG Presidential Advisor Taken into custody April 28th

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34. Hussam Muhammad Amin al-Yasin LTG Head, National Monitoring Directorate (NMD) (SINCE AT LEAST 1992); Former Minister Of Interior Taken into custody April 27th

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35. Muhammed Mahdi al-Salih Iraqi Minister Of Trade Taken into custody April 23rd

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36. Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti Presidential Advisor; Half Brother Of Saddam Husayn
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37. Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti Presidential Advisor; Half Brother of Saddam Husayn Taken into custody April 13th

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38. Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti Presidential Advisor; Half Brother of Saddam Husayn Taken into custody April 16th

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39. Huda Salih Mehdi Ammash Central Ba'ath Party Regional Command Member, Head Of Professional Bureau and Student Youth Bureaus (MAJOR PLAYER IN BIOTECH/GENETIC PROGRAMS) Taken into custody May 9th

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40. Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim al-Abdallah al-Sadun Central Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman, Diyala Region

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41. Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Ninawah And Ta'mim Governorates

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42. Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim Central Ba'ath Party Chairman, Baghdad al-Resafa District Taken into custody April 17th

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43. Humam abd al-Khaliq abd al-Ghafur Minister Of Higher Education and Scientific Research Taken into custody April 19th

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44. Yahya abdallah al-Ubaydi Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Basrah Governorate

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45. Nayif Shindakh Thamir Ghalib Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman An-Najaf Governorate

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46. Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Al-Muthanna Governorate Taken into custody May 24th

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47. Fadil Mahmud Gharib Central Ba'ath Party Chairman, Babil Governorates Taken into custody May 15th

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48. Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji Ba'ath Party Chairman, Al-qadisiyah Governorate

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49. Rashid Taan Kazim Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Anbar Governorate

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50. Uglah Abid Saqir al-Kubaysi Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Maysan Governorate Taken into custody May 20th

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51. Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi Central Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman, Wasit Governorate Taken into custody May 7th

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52. Adil abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Dhi Qar Governorate Taken into custody May 15th

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53. Husayn al-Awadi Bg No Card Available Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman, Ninawa Governorate; Bg In Chemical Corps Taken into custody June 9th

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54. Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad No Card Available Ba'th Party Regional Chairman For Karbala Governorate

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55. Sad abd al-Majid al-Faysal Ba'th Party Regional Chairman For Salah al-Din Governorate Taken into custody May 24th

Yeah, he is #36 rat out of 55 rats—but I think he's the 6 of diamonds on the deck of cards. I have a set of the cards that I took out and looked at this morning. I'm too lazy to take them out and look at them again. You can get the set of cards on Ebay. I got two decks myself on Ebay way back and I gave one to my step-father in law.

thats probably where they messed up, the reporter saw the 6 of diamonds, then said number 6 on the list by accident.


I'm glad they got him. Makes you wonder what else Syria is hiding over there?

So what he will enjoy being imprisoned comfortably Just like his other brothers under American guards, it had been so long since the capture of Saddam and what did we get???????????? Silence and nothing more

Dang, I just re-posted the deck. Sorry about that.

So you must have got the report before the statement was released.
Still find it weird that the US would claim it was thier capture when they had no part in it at all.

I have never heard any statement in which the U.S. claimed to have "gone into Syria" and nabbed this clown, and there is no evidence of such a statement that anyone has presented. Thus, it's mute.

Look some blond bird that is a Fox journo working in Iraq presented this story on UK TV so if it's a lie then it is Fox that is lying not me.

Found out where she must have got her source from, apparently a senior Iraq governmnet figure said that the US was involved. Which would probably make sense, mind you it would have saved a lot of time if this lassie had told everyone where the story came from.