Saddam relatives captured in Iraq

Security forces captured two of Saddam Hussein’s relatives, the government said today, alleging the pair had been helping launch terrorist attacks in Iraq.

They were identified as one-time Saddam bodyguard Marwan Taher Abdul Rashid and his cousin, Abdullah Maher Abdul Rashid – brother-in-law to Qusai Hussein, Saddam’s youngest son who was killed by US forces in July 2003.