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TWO former senior Iraqi officials from the 55 "most wanted" list are in the custody of US forces operating in the country, the US military said early today. Mizban Khadr Al Hadi, a high-ranking regional Baath Party leader and a member of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council turned himself in to US troops in Baghdad, according to the Central Command. He is number 23 on the coalition's list of most wanted former Iraqi government officials. Former interior minister Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmad, who is number 29 on the list, was captured at a location in Iraq that Centcom has not identified.

WASHINGTON (AP) - American forces in Iraq captured four top officials of Saddam Hussein's former government Wednesday, including the air defense force commander and the former head of military intelligence. The highest-ranking official in the group is Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq's air defenses under Saddam. He was No. 10 on the U.S. list of the top 55 most wanted officials from Saddam's regime. Gen. Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib, the former head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence, surrendered to U.S. troops Wednesday, a senior Pentagon official said. The directorate monitored the loyalty of Iraq's regular army,...