Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti (Arabic: سبعاوي إبراهيم التكريتي; 27 February 1947 – 8 July 2013), half-brother of Saddam Hussein, was the leader of the Iraqi secret service, the Mukhabarat, at the time of the 1991 Gulf War.
[3] He was suspected of being behind explosions and killings that took place after the collapse of the former Iraqi regime, and a one-million dollar reward was offered for information leading to his capture or death.
[4] Syria was repeatedly accused of protecting former Iraqi officials, a charge the Syrian government consistently denied.
As his death sentence was read out, he stood up and proclaimed "God is great" and that he was proud to be a martyr.
His son, Ayman, also arrested by the U.S., was serving a life sentence when he escaped from prison on 9 December 2006.