Iraqi alleged to have plotted to kill Bush's father spotted in Syria

WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 16, 2003
A suspected high-ranking operative of the Iraqi intelligence service, who is believed to have played a key role in a 1993 plot to assassinate then-US president George Bush was spotted in Syria Tuesday, after arriving from Tunisia, a US official said.

Faruq Hijazi, whose last official post was Saddam Hussein's ambassador to Tunis, flew to Damascus on a commercial jet in an apparent attempt to seek refuge in the country following the toppling to the Iraqi government by US forces, said the official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.

"I don't know whether he has been granted refuge or asylum," the official pointed out.

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