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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (158558)2/27/2005 3:25:02 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Syria Hands Saddam's Half-Brother to Iraq
1 hour, 24 minutes ago Top Stories - AP
By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi officials said Sunday that Syrian authorities had captured Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s half-brother and 29 other officials of the deposed dictator's Baath Party in Syria and handed them over to Iraq (news - web sites) in an apparent goodwill gesture.

The arrests dealt a blow to an insurgency that some Iraqi officials claim Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan was helping organize and fund from Syria.