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Saddam Bombshell: Relative Arrested Headed for
Flight Lessons in Florida
A stepson of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been
arrested in Florida as he tried to enroll in flight school
without the proper visa, the FBI said late Wednesday.
Agents with a federal anti-terrorism task force arrested
the suspect, Mohammed Saffi, at a Miami hotel.
"He was coming here for flight engineer training," FBI
spokeswoman Judy Orihuela told Reuters. But the Hussein
relative did not have the student visa required for foreign
citizens to attend flight training schools in the U. S.,
she added.
Saffi, 36, had tried to enroll in the same flight school
attended by some of the 9-11 hijackers, ABC Radio network
news reported.
Saffi had entered the U.S. in Los Angeles and was tracked
by federal law enforcement as he traveled to Miami.
He is a flight engineer in New Zealand, where he retains
citizenship, Reuters said.
After Sept. 11, the Bush administration tightened
regulations covering foreigners taking flight lessons in
the U.S., rules that prompted the arrest of Saddam's
stepson.
The FBI plans to transfer him to an immigration detention
center south of Miami pending deportation proceedings,
Orihuela said.
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