Iraq: Saddam's half brother captured

Baghdad - Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan, a half brother of Saddam Hussein who was the former dictator's intelligence chief before becoming a presidential adviser, has been captured, officials in the prime minister's office said Sunday.

Hasan is No. 36 on the list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis released by U.S. authorities after troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, and one of only 12 remaining at large. He is also suspected of financing insurgents in the post-Saddam era, and Washington had put a $1 million bounty on his head.

According to the U.S. Central Command, Hasan is among the 29 most-wanted supporters of insurgent groups in post-Saddam Iraq.

Officials in interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's office, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Hasan's capture but gave no details on where it took place or when. It was also not immediately known whether Iraqi forces or U.S. troops had detained Hasan.

Under Saddam, Hasan served as head of intelligence and security before taking up his last post of presidential adviser in the former regime.

He is also known as Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti, aka Thafir Alsemak. -- Asociated Press

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