Posted on 05/16/2003 12:09:24 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American forces seized another member of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s toppled Iraqi government in a raid southeast of Tikrit, the U.S. military said on Friday.
The U.S. Central Command said in a release from Baghdad that Adil Abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti was taken into custody on Thursday in the operation in Ad Dawr, near Saddam's hometown of Tikrit. Defense officials at the Pentagon (news - web sites) said a few generals from Saddam's military were also caught.
Mahdi is on the U.S. list of the top 55 wanted members of Saddam's government. He is designated as the "two of diamonds" in the deck of playing cards given to U.S. troops to make them familiar with Iraqi fugitives.
The Central Command statement said Mahdi was a Baath Party regional chairman for the Dhi Qar governorate.
His apprehension brings to 22 the number of the 55 wanted fugitives in U.S. custody.
The Central Command said 262 Iraqis were taken into custody in the Ad Dawr raid by troops of the 4th Infantry Division. Defense officials in Washington said all but several dozen of those had been released after the sweep, which followed a tip from informants.
The defense officials did not identify the generals arrested.
Alright, this is starting to get ridiculous.
Adil adil abdallah mahdi al-duri al-tikriti sdlk sdl lskj ssssssdaff
Me thinks we're working to flush out the Ace of Spades.
English Translation: Diaper on my Head is Full!
Doing pretty well I'd say. Some of them are probably beyond the reach of any temporal authority. Hopefully a large fraction of the remaining 33 are standing on their head in a lake of sh... excrement. Hot boiling excrement.
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