US Military Confirms Capture of Saddam's Son-in-law

Home>>World

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, April 23, 2003

US Military Confirms Capture of Saddam's Son-in-law

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

The US Central Command confirmed Tuesday the capture of Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan, deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's only surviving son-in-law, who was handed over by an Iraqi opposition group.

Jamal, who ranked No. 40 in the US list of 55 top Iraqi fugitives, was in the hands of the coalition forces, Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks confirmed at the war command headquarters in Qatar.

The leading Iraqi opposition Iraqi National Congress (INC) announced Sunday that it succeeded in persuading Jamal to surrender after his return from Syria and would hand him to the US forces.

Jamal, married to Saddam's youngest daughter Hella, was the only close member of Saddam family detained so far. He had served as the Deputy Minister for Tribal Affairs and as deputy to Saddam's secondson Qusay in the Special Security Organization, SSO.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Hamza al-Zubaidi, a regional commander and member of the most powerful Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, was captured in south of Baghdad by Free Iraqi Forces and handed over to US custody Monday. He was No. 18 on the US want list.

So far, eight of the 55 most wanted Iraqi officials have been arrested since the United States issued the list on April 11.

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Abd al-Khalq Abd al-Gafar, No. 43, was captured Saturday by US special forces.

The other five top Iraqi officials detained so far included two of Saddam's half brothers, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, who ran Iraqiintelligence from 1979 to 1983, and Watban al-Tikriti, the former Interior Minister.

Barzan, No. 52, was arrested in Baghdad on April 17 during a special forces operation, while Watban, No. 51, was caught in northern Iraq on April 13.

Before their arrests, Saddam's top scientific adviser Amer Hammoudi al-Saadi, No. 55, voluntarily turned himself in to US forces on April 12.

On April 17, US special forces captured Samir al-Aziz al-Najim, the former ruling Baath Party's regional command chairman for east Baghdad who ranked No. 24 on the US want list.

On April 19, Iraq's new police force arrested Finance Minister Hikmat Ibrahim al-Azzawi and handed him over to US forces in Baghdad. He ranked No. 45 on the US want list.

But so far there has been no sign of Saddam and his two sons Qusay and Uday despite the massive US manhunt launched after US forces took over Baghdad on April 9.

Questions?Comments? Click here

US Military Confirms Capture of Saddam's Half Brother

Iranian Newspapers Say al-Sahaf has Committed Suicide

US Says Iraqi Finance Minister Captured in Baghdad

>> Full Coverage

China to Send Lunar-Probe Satellite in 3 Years: Expert ( 2 Messages)

Analysis: Germany Softening Anti-War Tone as It Enters UN Security Council ( 3 Messages)

Chinese Premier Pledges to Improve SARS Control ( 2 Messages)

China Launches First "Indigenous" Management Theory ( 9 Messages)

China Protects Safety of People from Overseas ( 3 Messages)