Huge Rewards Offered For Saddam And His Henchmen

Ananova ^ | 4-12-2003

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Huge rewards offered for Saddam and his henchmen

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.

Story filed: 14:23 Saturday 12th April 2003

[2timothy3.16]

How much is that in cat nip????
Ah General, you did say dead or alive, right?

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THE REWARD IS HUGH, I TELL YA, IT'S HUGH!!!!

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Speaking of Hugh: Hugh O'Brian

[BubbaJunebug]

Series Money Dude

[Theresa]

LOL! What about a picture of Hugh Downs?

[UncleSamUSA]

Givent the fact that the money offered is probably more than the average Iraqi would see in 5 years, 10 years or maybe a lifetime,

and given the fact that just about every male in Iraq above the age of 18 has a Saddam style mustache...

I think we are going to see more Saddam sightings in buildings, cars, underground bunkers, and wherever in one month than there are worldwide Elvis sightings in a decade.

He had about three or four or five lookalike doubles, right? There are going to be multiple Saddam signtings all over the place for years.

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Will Hugh Hefner do? He's "hugh", too!