Saddam’s Half Brothers turned over to Iraq

Saddam’s Half Brothers turned over to Iraq

Eight years after the U.S led invasion that deposed Saddam and his men in 2003, the U.S.forces is slowly handing over bases, jails and prisoners to Iraqi authorities as they prepare for a full withdrawal at the end of the year.

Deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim confirmed the delivery of the U.S. military of Saddam’s half brothers, Sabaawi Ibrahim al-Hassan and Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan, including the former defense minister Sultan Hashim and nearly 200 other inmates at a Baghdad prison. Apparently the three are all facing death penalty and all of them were transferred to Iraqi authorities last Thursday along with a final section of Cropper prison, a detention center built in 2006 near the capital’s international airport.

Ibrahim added that, "The sentences on those men are final. We will implement the sentence (execution) after a presidential decree is issued," however, he still doesn’t know when the decree will be issued.

The execution of Saddam was made in 2006, and exactly a year ago the U.S. military started turning over most of what was known as Camp Cropper to end a chapter in the invasion wherein thousand of people were detained without charges which triggered outrage after the discovery of prisoner abuse. The U.S. wardens still continue to guard Camp Cropper’s detainees including al Qaeda militants, the camp then earned the name Karkh prison.

Posted by James Fried on Monday July 18 2011, 12:31 PM EST. Ref: CNN. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0