U.S. forces in Baghdad have taken Saddam Hussein's finance minister into custody in Baghdad after he was captured by Iraqi police, a U.S. military spokesman told Reuters on Saturday.
Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi was number 45 on a list of 55 Saddam supporters most wanted by the United States and was also a deputy prime minister. He was being held by U.S. Marines, Major Randi Steffy said at Central Command in Qatar.
Azzawi was the eight of diamonds in a deck of cards issued to U.S. troops hunting the overthrown Iraqi administration. She added that an "international terrorist" belonging to the Palestinian Abu Nidal organization surrendered to the Marines in Baghdad on Friday. She named him as Khala Khadr al-Salahat. (Albawaba.com)
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