lily
12-09-2006, 06:48 PM
He escapes with the help of the police? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16125145/)
Police: Saddam’s nephew escaped from prison
Man serving life sentence in Iraq for making bombs for insurgency
Updated: 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A nephew of Saddam Hussein serving a life sentence for
making bombs for Iraq’s insurgency escaped from prison Saturday in northern
Iraq, authorities said.
Ayman Sabawi, the son of Saddam’s half brother Sabawi Ibrahim Hassan
al-Tikriti, fled the prison some 45 miles west of Mosul in the afternoon
with the help of a police officer, according to local police Brig. Abdul
Karim al-Jubouri.
Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf confirmed the escape
but declined to elaborate.
Sabawi was convicted of illegally crossing the border from Syria and
sentenced to 15 years in prison late last year by an Iraqi court. He was
sentenced to life in prison in an earlier case for possession of illegal
weapons and manufacture of explosive devices.
He was captured in May 2005 by security forces during a raid on Tikrit, the
former leader’s hometown. His father, who served as a presidential adviser
before the U.S.-led invasion, was captured there two months earlier.
Police: Saddam’s nephew escaped from prison
Man serving life sentence in Iraq for making bombs for insurgency
Updated: 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A nephew of Saddam Hussein serving a life sentence for
making bombs for Iraq’s insurgency escaped from prison Saturday in northern
Iraq, authorities said.
Ayman Sabawi, the son of Saddam’s half brother Sabawi Ibrahim Hassan
al-Tikriti, fled the prison some 45 miles west of Mosul in the afternoon
with the help of a police officer, according to local police Brig. Abdul
Karim al-Jubouri.
Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf confirmed the escape
but declined to elaborate.
Sabawi was convicted of illegally crossing the border from Syria and
sentenced to 15 years in prison late last year by an Iraqi court. He was
sentenced to life in prison in an earlier case for possession of illegal
weapons and manufacture of explosive devices.
He was captured in May 2005 by security forces during a raid on Tikrit, the
former leader’s hometown. His father, who served as a presidential adviser
before the U.S.-led invasion, was captured there two months earlier.