BAGHDAD, Aug 18: Interpol on Saturday issued a wanted notice for Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter, who is sought by the Iraqi government on suspicion of terrorism. The “red notice” is not an international arrest warrant but is a request for foreign police forces to cooperate in tracking down 38-year-old Raghad Hussein and in extraditing her to face justice in Iraq.

“A judicial order was issued against Raghad a year ago by the Central Criminal Court accusing her of funding terrorism,” Iraqi interior ministry operations director Major General Abdel Karim Khalaf said.

“Her arrest would depend on Jordanian authorities as she is staying in Amman and the order of Interpol binds on all countries who are associated with it.”

Hussein has lived in Jordan since July 2003 and since last year has been on a list of 41 people associated with her father’s regime that the new Iraqi government is seeking to prosecute for allegedly inciting violence.

Her whereabouts at the time the notice was issued was not immediately clear.

Known to some as “Little Saddam” for her aggressive temperament, Ms Raghad has taken a more public role in defending her father, who was executed on Dec 30 last year, than her sister Ms Rana or mother Ms Sajida.—APP/AFP