SALAH AL-DIN (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Quick Response forces arrested on Wednesday two persons from the guards of Saddam Hussein in south of Tikrit, a police source said.
“The forces waged on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 17) a security operation in al-Auja village, south of Tikrit, where they arrested two guards of former president Saddam Hussein; Major Shabieb Soliman al-Majid, Saddam’s cousin, and Ahmad Abdulghafour, who are accused of preparing to launch armed attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces in Salah al-Din,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He did not give further details.
Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, is 175 km north of Baghdad.
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