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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (31385)	4/12/2003 5:09:38 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Huge rewards offered for Saddam and his henchmen [looks like WMD search has come up with zilch so far. Ah well, can't always be right with our theories. So... (twiddling thumbs) who do we invade next? -ggg- just joking :-)] Allied military chiefs are offering bounties for information leading to the capture of Saddam Hussein and his leading henchmen. Officials have refused to disclose the price on Saddam's head but anyone telling the coalition where he is will be able to claim a huge sum. US Brigadier General Vince Brooks said: "A rewards programme has been established for information leading to the capture of regime leaders." As the hunt for weapons of mass destruction remains fruitless, the coalition is also offering financial rewards to any Iraqi leading them to the "smoking gun". General Brooks, speaking at Central Command in Qatar, again refused to say how much was being offered, but added: "We think it's appropriate prices." The offer of money also applies to conventional weapons caches and is partly designed to stop dangerous materials and equipment being sold on the black market. General Brooks admitted there was still a "tremendous amount of work" to be done on weapons of mass destruction which would last well after the conflict. So far there have been a number of "false positive" tests for banned substances, including sarin, but none have been found. General Brooks also said allied forces had captured what appeared to be a 59-strong group of contract killers trying to leave Iraq. The men were all on a bus which was stopped at a checkpoint heading west towards the border. They were carrying £420,000 and documents offering rewards for killing allied soldiers. ananova.com

To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (31385)	4/13/2003 12:11:38 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Five of spades. Possible straight. seattlepi.nwsource.com Official: Saddam's Half Brother Captured By JOHN J. LUMPKIN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- U.S.-led forces have captured Saddam Hussein's half brother in northern Iraq, a U.S. official said Sunday. Watban Ibrahim Hasan, an adviser to the Iraqi president, was planning to cross the border to Syria, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. He was apprehended in the Mosul area in recent days, the official said. Saddam viewed him as a threat and kept a close watch on him, the official said. Watban was dismissed as Iraq's interior minister in 1995. Saddam's elder son, Odai, is reported to have shot him about that time, but Watban remained a presidential adviser. Watban was the five of spades in the most-wanted list, in the form of a deck of cards, issued by the U.S. military. It was distributed to thousands U.S. troops in the field to help find senior members of the Saddam's government. Mosul came under control of Kurdish fighters and U.S. troops on Friday after Iraqi forces gave up without a fight. Saddam has other half brothers, including Barzan al-Tikriti, a former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations in Switzerland, and Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti. Their whereabouts was not known. On Friday, coalition warplanes hit a building owned by Barzan near Ramadi in central Iraqi, the U.S. Central Command in Qatar reported.