Saddam's cousins get asylum in Sweden
Two of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's cousins, who have reportedly fled US troops in Iraq, have been granted asylum in Sweden and are hiding out in a Swedish town, Swedish tabloid Expressen reported yesterday.
Quoting an anonymous Iraqi intelligence agent, the paper reported that the two cousins, both in their 40s and both former generals in the Iraqi army, fled their home town of Tikrit to Jordan two months ago.
The paper said that the US military was searching for the cousins to extract information from them, and that the pair had deemed it unsafe to remain in Tikrit.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. In Jordan, they reportedly contacted former agents of the deposed dictator, who helped them purchase two plane tickets and two visas to the European Schengen countries.
"The agents bought two Schengen visas for 30,000 dollars. Sweden was the first country that came to mind, since they trust the country's humane asylum system," Expressen's source said.
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