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US claims three more regime scalps

Andrew Clennell
Thursday 24 April 2003 00:00 BST
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The US claimed another three scalps yesterday from its Saddam regime pack of cards.

The head of Iraq's air defences under Saddam, Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti, number 10 on the Americans most wanted list of 55, had been captured, said the Pentagon. Al-Tikriti reportedly helped the training of the paramilitary Fedayeen forces.

The head of Iraqi military intelligence, Gen Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib, surrendered in Baghdad.

Naqib was director of the Directorate of Military Intelligence, which monitored the loyalty of Iraq's regular army and collected intelligence on forces opposing Iraq. He was number 21 on the US list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis who have been depicted on a pack of cards given to troops.

Also captured yesterday was Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih, the former Iraqi trade minister and number 48 on the most wanted list, Pentagon officials said.

The capture of the three men brings to at least 11 the number of officials on the pack of cards who are now being held by the Americans.

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