Ayman Sabawi Ibrahim | |
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Born | October 21, 1971 |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Known for | Member of the Iraqi insurgency |
Parent | Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti |
Relatives | Ibrahim (brother) Barzan (uncle) Watban (uncle) Saddam Hussein (half-uncle) |
Ayman Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan (Arabic: أيمن سبعاوي إبراهيم) (born 21 October 1971)[1] is Saddam Hussein's half-nephew and a suspected guerrilla. Ayman's father is Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Saddam's half-brother. Ayman was suspected of aiding the Iraqi Insurgency after the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. He was arrested in early May 2005 during a raid north of Tikrit.
While serving a life sentence in a northern Iraqi prison, Ayman escaped with the help of a police officer on 9 December 2006. [1][permanent dead link]