An Iraqi man prays for his fallen relative at a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by ISIS when they overran Camp Speicher military base in Tikrit. AP
An Iraqi man prays for his fallen relative at a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by ISIS when they overran Camp Speicher military base in Tikrit. AP
An Iraqi man prays for his fallen relative at a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by ISIS when they overran Camp Speicher military base in Tikrit. AP
An Iraqi man prays for his fallen relative at a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by ISIS when they overran Camp Speicher military base in Tikrit. AP

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Lebanon arrests Saddam Hussein's grandnephew over alleged role in Camp Speicher massacre

Abdullah Yasser Sabawi was detained in the city of Jbeil

The National

August 19, 2022

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Lebanese authorities have arrested a grandnephew of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for his alleged involvement in the 2014 Camp Speicher massacre.

During the 2014 attack, ISIS members executed as many as 1,700 Iraqi military cadets, sending shock waves around the world.

Abdullah Yasser Sabawi, the grandson of Hussein’s half-brother Sabawi Ibrahim Al Tikriti, was detained in the Lebanese city of Jbeil.

“He is accused of carrying out criminal operations that resulted in the death of thousands of innocents, based on an Interpol warrant that has been enforced by the relevant Lebanese security agencies,” Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon’s General Security intelligence agency, told Al Iraqiya.

“We operate as per the international law, the judiciary and the warrants of exchanging and extraditing fugitives among nations, especially a brotherly country like Iraq.

“We in turn reject any impunity and we support the implementation of the law without any interference or pressures, and this is our duty towards our people in Iraq.”

A billboard carries a verse from the Quran urging women to wear a hijab in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa in March 2014. All photos: Reuters
A billboard carries a verse from the Quran urging women to wear a hijab in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa in March 2014. All photos: Reuters
ISIS fighters stand on confiscated cigarettes before setting them on fire in Raqqa in April 2014.
ISIS fighters stand on confiscated cigarettes before setting them on fire in Raqqa in April 2014.
Waving the ISIS flag in Raqqa in June 2014.
Waving the ISIS flag in Raqqa in June 2014.
A fighter films his fellow militants taking part in a military parade in Raqqa province in June 2014.
A fighter films his fellow militants taking part in a military parade in Raqqa province in June 2014.
A street vendor sells melons during Ramadan in Raqqa under ISIS occupation in July 2014.
A street vendor sells melons during Ramadan in Raqqa under ISIS occupation in July 2014.
Women shop for shoes in September 2014. Reuters
Women shop for shoes in September 2014. Reuters
An ISIS policeman controls traffic in the city in September 2014.
An ISIS policeman controls traffic in the city in September 2014.
Shopping for perfume in Raqqa in September 2014.
Shopping for perfume in Raqqa in September 2014.
ISIS billboards in the city in October 2014.
ISIS billboards in the city in October 2014.

Mr Sabawi has reportedly lived in Lebanon for a number of years.

The massacre at Camp Speicher became a symbol of ISIS brutality as the terrorist group expanded its presence in the country.

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