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AS THE hunt for Saddam Hussein’s fallen lieutenants continued, officials from the United States last night claimed a further four scalps from Iraq’s feared intelligence hierarchy. Most senior to fall into the hands of coalition forces was Muzahim Sa’b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq’s air defences under Saddam. He was number ten on the US list of the top 55 most wanted officials from Saddam’s regime currently being hunted by both US and UK special forces, including SAS troops. "They’re collapsing like a house of cards," said Lieutenant Colonel Tom Kurasiewicz, a spokesman for the Pentagon. Another official said US...

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,...

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THE CAPTURE of two of the coalition’s most wanted members of the former Iraqi regime could lead to the capture of Saddam Hussein, say opposition groups. Jamal Mustafa Sultan Abdullah al-Tikriti, Saddam’s son-in-law, who surrendered in Damascus last night, was one of the Iraqi leader’s trusted inner circle. Married to Hala, Saddam’s younger daughter, he is listed as the nine of clubs in a pack of cards handed out to United States troops showing the 55 most wanted figures of Saddam’s regime. The former Iraqi dictator is the ace of spades. Moments after Jamal gave himself up, US Central Command...

Baghdad, Iraq Press, April 19, 2003 – Shortly before the fall of Baghdad to U.S. marines on April 9, Saddam Hussein's younger brother, Qusay, looted millions of dollars from the Iraqi Central Bank, a bank employee told Iraq Press. The employee refused to give her name for fear of being implicated in the theft, but said she saw Qusay and a business partner of his, Hasan Habib al-Mawsawi, entering the bank on April 8, just one day before U.S. marines made their way into the heart of the Iraqi capital. "Qusay and Mawsawi were accompanied by a gang of some...

THE half-brother of Saddam Hussein captured by special forces on Thursday has disclosed valuable information about the former regime, American military sources said yesterday. Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, who worked closely with Saddam for more than two decades, was said to have been instantly co-operative. His response has raised hopes that he will lead troops to the fugitive Iraqi leader or provide details of weapons systems. The reports came as a fourth member of the regime was seized. Samir al-Aziz al-Najim, regional chairman of the Baath party in east Baghdad, was handed to US troops by Iraqi Kurds near Mosul....

Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's half brother, was one of 55 senior Iraqi figures wanted by the United States. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)Saddam’s Half Brother Talking to U.S. Captors; Federal Agents Head to Iraq B A G H D A D, Iraq, April 18 — Saddam Hussein's half brother, the one-time head of Iraq's feared intelligence agency, is talking to his U.S. captors, ABCNEWS has learned. U.S. officials hope to learn the whereabouts of senior regime figures, as well as information about suspected weapons programs, from Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al Tikriti, sources said. His capture in Baghdad was...

<p>Presumed dead.</p> <p>April 11, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Allied bombers last night went after Saddam Hussein's half-brother - pulverizing an intelligence compound near Baghdad that had been under surveillance for days.</p> <p>Intelligence officials told The Post they believed Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was inside and had been killed in the bombing raid.</p>

MSNBC just announced that Saddam's half-brother was killed with multiple JDAMs.

New intelligence suggests a series of Iraqi missiles have mis-fired and hit residential areas of Baghdad, Downing Street says. The Prime Minister's spokesman said information had been received which indicated Iraq's air defence commander has been sacked due to the poor performance of missile systems in Baghdad. He said: "A large number of surface-to-air missiles have been malfunctioning and many have failed to hit their targets and have fallen back onto Baghdad before exploding. "Civil defence workers have been instructed to remove Iraqi missile fragments which fell on residential areas before journalists arrive on the scene." The spokesman stopped short...

March 17, 2003 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has put his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti, an ex-envoy to the United Nations in Geneva, under house arrest after he refused to pledge support for Saddam's powerful son, Qusay, in the event he succeeds the Iraqi leader, a newspaper claimed yesterday. Quoting unspecified Iraqi sources, Al-Rai Al-Aam said the row between Saddam and Barzan erupted during a March 5 meeting at which the Iraqi leader quizzed his half-brother, who had good relations with the United Arab Emirates in the past, about a UAE proposal that Saddam step down to avert a US-led war aimed...

Years of terror mean president has nowhere to turn for advice Saddam Hussein knows it can be lonely at the top. In the grip of a crisis he turns - like any other leader - to his inner circle for advice. But at the moment when he needs them most, President Saddam's choice of confidants is limited. Decades of dictatorial rule have left him with an inner circle where no one is totally trusted and the penalty for giving sound but unpalatable advice is death. In the official photographs of cabinet meetings only one person looks at the camera: Saddam...

US military plans lightning strikes Press Trust of India WASHINGTON, March 16. — US commanders poised to attack Iraq have “innovative, daring and simultaneous” plans to launch lightning strikes from Kuwait and other bases to to storm into Baghdad in not more than three or four days. “The campaign will move very fast,” a senior US air force officer said. The speed of the attacks is intended to sap the Iraqi military’s ability to coordinate its response, Washington Post today reported quoting Pentagon insiders. But aspects like dangers of “friendly fire”, dependence on a 350-mile supply line, and the heavy...

A SENIOR Baghdad official who feared for his life after helping to hide Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons was executed after he tried to flee the country, Iraqi sources revealed last week. Khalis Muhsin al-Tikriti, 35, had been working in the scientific department of the president’s office under the authority of the Special Security Organisation (SSO), headed by Qusay Hussein, Saddam’s younger son and political heir. Al-Tikriti, an engineer, had supervised an operation to bury a significant quantity of Saddam’s chemical weapons before United Nations weapons inspectors arrived last November. Some weapons were buried near the river Tigris in the Baji...