Saddam's bomb making nephew jailed for life
A nephew of Saddam Hussein was sentence to life in prison today for funding Iraq’s violent insurgency and bomb-making, the Iraqi government announced, marking the first verdict against a family member of the former Iraqi leader.
Ayman Sabawi, the son of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, a half brother of Saddam, was captured by Iraqi security forces during a raid on Tikrit – the former leader’s hometown – in May. His father, Al-Hassan, who served as a presidential adviser before the US-led invasion, was captured there two months earlier.
