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No sign of al-Sahhafs son at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin
LONDON, April 17 (KUNA) -- There was no sign of Osama al-Sahhaf, the son of
the former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf at Beaumont
Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, where he works as a surgeon.
A spokesman for the Hospital said that Osama was off duty. "He hasn't done
any shifts here since Saturday."
Last weekend it was reported that the former Iraqi Information Minister's
son was working at Beaumont Hospital.
Al-Sahhaf's absence was "purely" because of media interest since the
weekend, the spokesman said, while reports said that there was no answer at
his flat adjacent to the hospital.
It was not clear yet whether his absence related to press reports which
suggested that his father, the former Iraqi Minister Mohammed al-Sahhaf, had
committed suicide hours before Baghdad was taken by the US forces.
Regarding that, the British media said that the military sources treated
the reports with caution, suggesting they could have been spread by the
fleeing Iraqi propagandist to throw Special forces' snatch squads off his
trail. (end)
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