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  • Iraqi sources confirm Syrian assitance in arresting former Iraqi intelligence chief

    04/27/2003 8:45:15 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 2 replies · 309+ views
    An Iraqi source confirmed to Al Bawaba press reports about the arrest of the former head of Iraqi intelligence, Farouq Hijazi, whom Washington accuses of being behind an attempt to assassinate the former US president, George Bush Sr. while on a Kuwaiti visit in 1993. Meanwhile, another source confirmed Syrian assistance with the arrest. The spokesman of the Iraqi National Congress, the largest Iraqi opposition group, told Al Bawaba, “US forces arrested the former Iraqi intelligence chief, Farouq Hijazi, on Thursday night near the Syrian border.” “Farouq Abdullah Yahya al-Hijazi, previously dubbed as Muwaffaq Abdullah al-Yahya (Abu Harb), was born...