SADDAM NEPHEWS DEEMED INSURGENCY SUPPLIERS

  • Middle East Newsline
  • July 24, 2005
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Saddam Hussein is awaiting trial for war crimes. Butsix of his nephews continue the struggle to restore Baathist rule over Iraq. The United States said six sons of Saddam's half brother have beenleading suppliers of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. Officials said the sonsof Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan Al Tikriti have facilitated the flow of funding,weapons and insurgents from Syria to Iraq. Al Tikriti was captured by theU.S.-led coalition in 2005.
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