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<p>Holds valuable info.</p> <p>April 25, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Tariq Aziz, one of the most recognizable and infamous figures from Saddam Hussein's regime, has surrendered to U.S. forces, Pentagon officials said last night.</p> <p>Aziz, who was Iraq's foreign minister and then deputy prime minister, gave up to U.S. forces in the Baghdad area this week after days of negotiation through an intermediary, military sources said.</p>

The United States claimed its biggest scalp in the hunt for former members of the ousted Iraqi regime last night when Tariq Aziz surrendered to American troops. While ranked only No 43 in Washington's list of the 55 most wanted leaders, the most familiar face in the regime, aside from Saddam Hussein himself, belonged to his unctuous deputy prime minister. Ever since Saddam seized the presidency in 1979, Aziz proved a faithful purveyor of lies and propaganda. As Iraq's long-serving foreign minister and conduit to the West, Mr Aziz lost no opportunity to whitewash his master's excesses and place the...

ABC reporting Tariq Aziz is in custody!