Posted on 04/19/2003 3:56:38 AM PDT by hotpotato
Iraqi police in Baghdad have captured the country's former finance minister, Hikmat Ibrahim al-Azzawi, and handed him over to coalition forces, officials from US Central Command in Qatar said.
Mr al-Azzawi, who was also a deputy prime minister, is number 45 the coalition forces' list of the 55 most wanted supporters of Saddam Hussein.
He was also eight of diamonds in the notorious deck of cards handed out to US troops hunting Iraqi officials.
Major Randi Steffy at Central Command said Mr al-Azzawi is now in the custody of US Marines.
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