DEBKAfile’ Exclusive sources: Syria offers to expel 8 members of Saddam’s inner circle in a message reaching Washington through “Russian intelligence channels”.
They are former vice president Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri, Saddam’s bureau chief Abd Hamoud, Baath party boss Aziz Salah, special security service chief Hanni Tefalah, Republican Guards Secretary Kemal Mustafa, Republican Guards Commander Seif A-Din Suleih, Iraqi Intelligence Commander Taher Jaloul and Special Republican Guards commander, Gen. Barzan Suleiman Tikriti.
This is Damascus’s first admission to harboring Saddam’s top aides – as first exposed in DEBKAfile on April 5. Its language hints at Syrian willingness to discuss extradition.
