BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court sentenced a nephew of deposed leader Saddam Hussein to 15 years in prison for illegally crossing the Syrian border, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
The sentence, handed down on Monday, comes on top of a six-year term given to Ayman Sabawi in September after he was found guilty of financing insurgents and making bombs, the military said.
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