Watban Ibrahim

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Watban Ibrahim
وطبان ابراهيم
Muhammad Hamzah az-Zubaydi
Sa'dun Hammadi
Personal details
Born1952
Baghdad, Iraq
Political partyBa'ath Party
RelationsSabawi (brother)
Barzan (brother)
Daham (half-brother)
Saddam (half-brother)
Khairallah (uncle and father-in-law)
Abd al-Latif (uncle)
Badra (aunt)
Rafi (cousin)
Hani (cousin)
ChildrenAhmed and Adnan Watban Ibrahim al-Nasiri

Watban Ibrahim al-Nasiri (

Barzan al-Tikriti. He was taken into coalition custody 13 April 2003, following his capture as he tried fleeing to Syria
. He died in prison of natural causes in 2015.

As Saddam's half-brother, Watban was a close advisor of his, belonging to Saddam's inner circle while also holding several high-profile security apparatus roles. In those roles, he allegedly took part in the genocidal

mass executions.[2]

Watban was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Despite his high-profile roles, he was believed to not have been fully trusted by Saddam.[2] In 1995, he was shot nine times in the leg by Uday Hussein, Saddam's oldest son, reportedly during an argument over Watban's growing popularity among Iraqis. He reportedly lost his leg, genitals, and part of his stomach as a result. After the incident, Saddam ordered Watban to a position of relative obscurity in Tikrit.

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, Watban was the five of spades in the U.S. military's most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.[1] He was taken into coalition custody 13 April 2003, following his capture as he tried fleeing to Syria.

On 11 March 2009, Watban was sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the execution of 42 merchants accused of manipulating food prices.[3]

On the morning of 14 July 2011, the U.S. handed Watban over to Iraqi authorities, expecting that he would be executed within a month.[4] Instead, he remained imprisoned until his death from natural causes on 13 August 2015.[5]

In 2017, Uday’s son Massoud claimed, without sharing any evidence, that his body had been stolen by the Iranian government. The claim was never proven.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "US hails capture of Saddam brother". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Watban Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti". Trial International. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Saddam's deputy PM Tariq Aziz gets 15-year prison sentence". CBC News. CBC. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. The New York Post
    . 15 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan, half brother of Saddam Hussein, has died". Iraqi News. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Saddam Hussein's grandson asks Trump for help against Iran". Daily Sabah. 27 February 2017.

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