Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti

Barzan Ibrahim
برزان إبراهيم
Personal details
Born(1951-02-17)17 February 1951
Tikrit, Kingdom of Iraq
Died15 January 2007(2007-01-15) (aged 55)
Camp Justice, Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of deathDecapitation due to botched execution by hanging
Political partyArab Socialist Ba'ath Party
SpouseIlham Khairallah
Relations
Children
  • Mohamed
  • Saja
  • Ali
  • Noor
  • Khawla
  • Thoraya
Parents
  • Ibrahim al-Hassan
  • Subha Talfah
Military service
Allegiance Ba'athist Iraq
Battles/wars

Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (Arabic: برزان إبراهيم الحسن التكريتي; 17 February 1951 – 15 January 2007), also known as Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Barasan Ibrahem Alhassen and Barzan Hassan,[1] was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein, and a leader of the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelligence service. Despite falling out of favour with Saddam at one time, he was believed to have been a close presidential adviser at the time of his capture by U.S. forces in 2003. On 15 January 2007, Barzan was hanged for crimes against humanity. He was decapitated by the hangman's rope after errors were made calculating his body weight and length of drop from the platform.[2]

  1. ^ "Cable reveals details about Saddam Hussein's 'hastily run' execution". CNN. 7 December 2010.
  2. ^ Burns, John F. (16 January 2007). "Second Iraq Hanging Also Went Awry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 September 2020.