2 Saddam Hussein’s guards arrested south of Tikrit

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Quick Response forces arrested on Wednesday two persons from the guards of Saddam Hussein in south of Tikrit, a police source said. “The forces waged on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 17) a security operation in al-Auja village, south of Tikrit, where they arrested two guards of former president Saddam Hussein; Major Shabieb Soliman al-Majid, Saddam’s cousin, and Ahmad Abdulghafour, who are accused of preparing to launch armed attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces in Salah al-Din,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give further details. Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, is 175 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 2