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Topic: Watban Ibrahim al Tikriti

	Trial Watch : Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (Watab Ibrahim Hassan)
		Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti was born in 1952 in Tikrit.
		Watban Ibrahim was in the inner circle of the regime and held high-ranking positions in the security apparatus when the ethnic-cleansing operations against Kurds were launched.
		British SAS troops are believed to have orchestrated the capture of Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti on the road between the city of Mosul and the Syrian border, as he was attempting to flee to Syria.
	www.trial-ch.org /en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/watban_ibrahim-hassan-al-tikriti_192.html (405 words)

	Saddam Half Brother Captured, In US Custody
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti was captured in the last several days by non-American elements and turned over to the U.S. military, U.S. officials told Reuters.
		Watban is the five of spades in the deck of playing cards depicting the Iraqi leadership on a U.S. most-wanted list of 55 people issued on Friday.
		Later that year, Watban was injured in a mysterious shooting at a party outside Baghdad, which fueled rumors of family feuding.
	www.rense.com /general37/sacp.htm (453 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Nab Saddam brother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, a former interior minister, was nabbed near the city of Mosul, which fell to the U.S. without a fight last Thursday.
		Watban is the five of spades in a deck of the 55 most-wanted-Iraqis cards issued to soldiers hunting for dictator Saddam himself, his notorious sons and dozens of other top leaders.
		Watban is one of the most senior Iraqi leaders caught since the collapse of Saddam's regime, though it is unclear how much he knows about the dictator's whereabouts.
	nydailynews.com /news/wn_report/v-pfriendly/story/75263p-69596c.html (399 words)

	Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti
		Watban is one of three of Saddam's half-brothers (both share the same mother).
		Watban is believed to have been shot in the leg by Uday Husein during a party in 1995.
		British SAS troops were believed to have orchestrated the capture of Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti near the town of Rabia, on the road between the city of Mosul and the Syrian border, as he was attempting to flee to Syria.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/watban.htm (160 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Senior Saddam aide captured
		Mr Tikriti - who was on Washington's most wanted list - is one of the most senior Iraqi officials captured by coalition forces so far.
		Mr Tikriti is one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein.
		The Iraqi Kurds admit that Watban Ibrahim al Tikriti has been less politically powerful since the mid 1990s, when he was shot by Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, in a family row.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2945145.stm (332 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Special forces scour northern Iraq for dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, who the US has accused of torturing and executing hundreds of civilians during his term as Iraq’s minister of interior, was caught by the special forces team as he tried to escape to Damascus on the road between Mosul and the Syrian border in the early hours of Sunday morning.
		Watban al-Tikriti is Saddam’s half-brother, they share the same mother; and he became interior minister in 1991, and then a presidential adviser.
		Watban is believed to have feuded with Saddam’s eldest son, Uday, and is rumoured to have been shot in the leg by him at a party in 1995.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=436822003 (1212 words)

	Shia News \| Middle East \| Saddam's brother captured (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Watban al-Takriti, Saddam's half brother, has been captured in northern Iraq during an apparent attempt to escape to Syria, according to the Kurdish TV.
		Watban was found northwest of Mosul, said KTV, a station operated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is one of the two main Kurdish factions.
		Watban was the five of spades in the most-wanted list, in the form of a deck of cards, issued by the U.S. military.
	www.shianews.com /low/middle_east/news_id/0000811.php (455 words)

	The Agonist: Deck of Cards thinning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Al Jazeera: Yesterday it was the seven of diamonds, today it was the turn of the five of spades and the five of clubs.
		According to Kurdish television, Saddam Hussein’s half brother, Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al Tikriti was captured near the Iraq-Syria border.
		Another half brother, Barzan Al Tikriti was killed when a US missile struck his farm in central Baghdad.
	www.agonist.org /archives/001554.html (116 words)

	KCRG.com \| KCRG TV9 Your 24 Hour News and Weather Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thursday, April 17, 2003, 4:14:45 PM (ABCNews.com) - Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al Tikriti, a former presidential adviser suspected of mass crimes against Iraq's Kurdish minority, was captured by a team of U.S. special forces aided by U.S. Marines, Brig.
		Al Tikriti was captured alone in the Iraqi capital and no one was injured in the raid, said Brooks.
		As a close family member and a trusted adviser despite a family falling-out in the 1980s, al Tikriti's arrest is expected to yield significant information on the whereabouts of senior regime figures as well as Saddam's suspected weapons programs.
	www.kcrg.com /article.aspx?art_id=56729&cat_id=152 (347 words)

	Saddam's Brother Captured - IslamicSydney.com
		Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti is one of three half-brothers of President Saddam who played an important role in his rise to power, holding jobs in the security services.
		While never in the first rank, Watban was an important part of President Saddam's ruling elite, which was dependent on blood ties.
		Watban had uneasy relations with Uday, President Saddam's elder son, who shot him in the leg at a party later in 1995 after hearing that his uncle had been criticising him.
	islamicsydney.com /printable.php?id=905 (275 words)

	Captured: The Torturer And Killer Who Hid Saddam's Cash
		Another half-brother, Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, a former minister of the interior, was captured last weekend by the SAS on his way towards the Syrian border.
		Watban also had uneasy relations with Uday who shot him in the leg at a party in 1995 after hearing that his uncle had been criticising him.
		Barzan Ibrahim Al-Tikriti, one of Saddam’s three half brothers, was very much alive when American forces picked him up Thursday, April 17, despite the reports of his death in a coalition air raid of his home in Tikrit north of Baghdad last week.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/895423/posts (2176 words)

	Iraqi Torture Video, Wash Times
		Excerpts will be shown today by the Al Arabiya satellite television channel, which obtained them from an undisclosed Iraqi source.
		One of the men whose assault was filmed took the Al Arabiya satellite television team back to where beatings had occurred.
		The man, who gave his name as Ali, said, "We were beaten everyday like this for a month." Typical charges involved buying stolen or unregistered goods, or were related to quarrels with neighbors or their wives.
	www.mail-archive.com /sam11@erols.com/msg00103.html (576 words)

	Liputan 6 - Aktual Tajam Terpercaya
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, saudara tiri Presiden Irak Saddam Hussein dibekuk di Kota Rabia, perbatasan Irak dengan Suriah.
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, saudara tiri Presiden Irak Saddam Hussein dibekuk di Kota Rabia, perbatasan Irak dengan Suriah, Ahad (13/4).
		Selain rumah Watban ditemukan juga dua rumah mewah lain dalam keadaan ditinggalkan pemiliknya.
	www.liputan6.com /v.php?id=52866 (199 words)

	SABCnews.com - world/the_middle_east (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, the Iraqi president's half brother, was captured in the last several days by non-US elements and turned over to the US military, US officials said.
		One of Saddam's three younger half brothers, Watban was made interior minister in 1991 and hailed by state media as the man who would stop soaring crime blamed on United Nations economic sanctions after the Gulf War.
		Later that year, Watban was injured in a mysterious shooting at a party outside Baghdad, which fuelled rumours of family feuding.
	www.sabcnews.com /world/the_middle_east/0,2172,56981,00.html (461 words)

	Print Article: Saddam's half-brother arrested (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		US Special Forces yesterday captured Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, a half-brother of Saddam Hussein and a major catch in the effort to roundup members of the former regime, the US Central Command said.
		Watban was the five of spades in the deck of playing cards the US military issued to troops with pictures of wanted Iraqi officials.
		Like his brother Watban, Barzan was seen as a significant catch because of the likelihood he could provide information on Saddam's suspected weapons of mass destruction program, one of the major reasons the United States and Britain launched the war.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/04/17/1050172714096.html (268 words)

	Shia News \| Middle East \| Saddam's second brother captured (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brooks said Barzan Ibrahim Al-Tikriti, the former head of Iraqi intelligence, was captured alone following a tip-off.
		He is number 52 on the American list of 55 most wanted Iraqis and the second of Saddam Hussein's three brothers to be taken.
		Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti was arrested near the Syrian border at the weekend.
	www.shianews.com /hi/middle_east/news_id/0000822.php (207 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - U.S. decks 5 of clubs
		Barzan Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's secret police boss and moneyman, is said to have had a rocky relationship with the dictator.
		Saddam Hussein's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, a former head of Iraq's dreaded Mukhabarat secret police, was bagged by Special Forces in Baghdad.
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti - the five of spades - was nabbed near the city of Mosul last week as he tried to flee to Syria.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/76581p-70622c.html (520 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Iraq's most wanted
		Forty-four of the 55 on the list are believed to have been caught or killed so far.
		The highest-ranking former regime official still at large, Saddam Hussein's former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, was reported to have died on 11 November 2005.
		Indict also accuses Mr Ibrahim of the use of excessive military force against the Marsh Arabs of the south.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2939125.stm (1382 words)

	Look Who’s Talking (Saddam's half brother) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's half brother, was one of 55 senior Iraqi figures wanted by the United States.
		A trusted adviser to Saddam, al Tikriti served as Iraq's ambassador to Switzerland during the 1990s.
		He was the five of clubs in a deck of cards bearing the 55 most-wanted Iraqi figures released by the Pentagon earlier this month, and the second of Saddam's three half brothers to be nabbed in recent days.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/895566/posts (566 words)

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		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, who is also a former Iraqi interior minister, was arrested northwest of Mosul while trying to cross into Syria, Al-Jazeera quoted a Kurdish television report as stating.
		U.K. A senior British military spokesman said on 14 April that British forces are pursuing a policy of "zero tolerance" against looters in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Basrah, Reuters reported.
		Group Captain Al Lockwood told Reuters at CENTCOM that British forces have begun joint patrols with local police in order to maintain security, adding: "The general looting that followed in subsequent days [after the fall of Al-Basrah] will now no longer be tolerated.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/04/6-SWA/swa-140403.asp?po=y (2995 words)

	US says Iraqi finance minister captured in Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hikmat Ibrahim al-Azzawi, Saddam's finance minister and a deputy prime minister, is No.45.
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half-brother and presidential adviser, ranks 51st.
		He was arrested on April 13 nearthe Syrian border.Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half-brother who once ran Iraq's intelligence service, is No.52.
	www.keralamonitor.com /iraqarrest.html (456 words)

	THISDAYonline
		US Army Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks said Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, the former head of Iraqi intelligence, was captured alone following a tip-off by Iraqis.
		Report says that although Barzan al-Tikriti is fairly low down on the coalition's most wanted list, his capture will be of huge significance for both the US and human rights organisations.
		His brother Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti was arrested near the Syrian border at the weekend.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2003/04/18/20030418news06.html (390 words)

	National Review Online (http://www.nationalreview.com)
		The capture of Gen. Amir al-Saadi, the chief scientist, brought it down to fifty-four.
		Now, the capture of interior minister Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti--a half-brother of Saddam--brings the number down to fifty three.
		Watban was the five of spades, not a very important card.
	www.nationalreview.com /script/printpage.p?ref=/babbin/babbin041303.asp (1042 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Saddam Hussein's half brother, Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, has been captured.
		Now, as action continues there, the U.S. has made some gains in capturing some of those on its most wanted list, some of those faces that popped up on those cards that were passed out to U.S. forces, one of the being Saddam Hussein's half brother.
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al- Tikriti was captured Sunday.
	robots.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0304/14/lad.14.html (1563 words)

	photo05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		US forces have in custody Saddam Hussein's half brother after he was captured in Iraq near the Syrian border, US officials said on April 13, 2003.
		Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti was captured recently by non-American elements and turned over to the US military.
		Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sits between Sadoun Hamadi, the head of Iraq's parliament (2nd L), Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (R) in Baghdad in this 1999 file photo.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030415/album/pages/photo05.htm (70 words)

	HALF-BROTHER OF SADDAM CAPTURED: Murdoc Online
		According to this ABC (Australian) report, Kurdish TV says Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (5 of spades), one of Saddam's half-brothers, has been captured by coalition forces while attempting to cross into Syria.
		Also, Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti (5 of clubs) was reported killed in an airstrike.
		The definition of "out of line" is whatever Murdoc feels is out of line but is generally limited to truly hateful stuff.
	www.murdoconline.net /archives/000521.html (111 words)

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