The U.S. military has issued a most-wanted list of 55 former leaders in Saddam Hussein's regime to be pursued, captured or killed.
The list, in the form of a "deck of cards" with pictures of the wanted figures, was distributed to the thousands of U.S. troops in the field to help them find the senior members of the ousted government. It was also being put on posters and handbills for the Iraqi public, Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said. Brooks did not identify figures on the list, except to suggest they included Saddam and his minister of information, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf.
"There are jokers in this deck, there is no doubt about that," Brooks said.
He said the whereabouts of some of the most-wanted figures were unknown, while others might well be dead.
"The population will probably confirm that for us," he said. "The key list has 55 individuals who may be pursued, killed or captured, and the list does not exclude leaders who may have already been killed or captured," Brooks said.
(Albawaba.com)
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