CBS/AP/ February 11, 2009, 7:29 PM

GIs Sweep Through Baghdad

Sunday, the Iraqi government announced Sunday that security forces had arrested Ibrahim Sabaawi, the son of the half brother of ousted ex-dictator Saddam Hussein, near Baghdad. The statement said Sabaawi was close to the former regime. "Until his arrest, he had been supporting terrorists and providing them with finances," it said.

Al-Zarqawi has now acquired the dubious distinction of being included on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people, a diverse crowd ranging from Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Charles Moose, the former police chief who led the D.C. sniper task force in 2002, is now serving in the National Guard. Moose is in San Antonio for the third month of a six-month active duty call-up as a major for the Air National Guard, on assignment studying non-lethal weapons, according to the Washington Post. Moose, 51, resigned as police chief and moved to Hawaii after being criticized for writing a book about the sniper case.

Legislators pressed ahead with business on Monday as members of the 275-member National Assembly met to hear proposed rules for governing the lawmaking body.

Hussein al-Sadr, a lawmaker from the coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, said the group had decided to participate in the government, adding that the participation must be a "real and effective one and not a nominal one."

He said the coalition was demanding four ministerial posts, including one of the main ministries.

"If our demands are not met, then we will lead the opposition in the parliament," he said.

Ali al-Dabagh, a lawmaker from the Shiite-led United Iraq Alliance, said he thought the demands were too high.

One of Iraq's two vice presidents — Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a leading Shiite religious leader who called on voters to cast ballots on Jan. 30.

"We came as a delegation to thank Mr. Al-Sistani for his great work and insistence that led to the success of the elections and formation of a National Assembly," al-Yawer told reporters after the 90-minute meeting in the holy city of Najaf.