Originally published by the Voice of America (www.voanews.com).
Voice of America is funded by the US Federal Government and content it
exclusively produces is in the public domain.

Saddam Hussein's Half-Brother Captured in Iraq
----------------------------------------------

http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=BDE945:2AB91D3

Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti was number 36 on US list of most
wanted people in Iraq Iraqi officials say security forces in Iraq have
captured a half-brother and former adviser to ousted president Saddam
Hussein.

Details of the arrest of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan have not been
released, and it is not clear when it occurred. Iraqi authorities
allege he planned and supervised the killings and torture of Iraqis,
and say he was involved in numerous terrorist acts.

A former intelligence chief, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan was number 36 on
a U.S. list of the most wanted people in Iraq. He had a bounty on his
head of $1 million.

In other developments, a bomb blast at a police station killed at
least five Iraqis today near the northern city of Mosul. The dead
include police officers and at least two civilians.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.


.