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May 7, 2003 Release Number: 03-05-21 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HAMMUD AL-UBAYDI IN COALITION CUSTODY CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar – Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi, former Ba’ath Party Regional Command Chairman for the Al-Kut District, is now in Coalition custody. He is No. 32 on CENTCOM’s Iraqi Top 55 list. CENTCOM press releases can be found at www.centcom.mil.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a major offensive against insurgents in Baghdad's western Abu Ghraib district late Sunday, and aides to a radical anti-American Shiite cleric worked to defuse tensions caused by a recent spate of sectarian killings. Amid the violence, Iraq's government demanded that Syria do more to stop foreign fighters from crossing the porous border and a senior Iraqi Trade Ministry official was killed in an ongoing terror campaign that has killed more than 550 people in less than one month. Iraqi authorities also announced that Ghazi Hammud al-Obeidi, 65, one of the most-wanted...

DOHA, Qatar - U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq (news - web sites) have taken a former official of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Baath Party into custody, U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday. Ghazi Hammud, Baath regional chairman in the Kut district, is in custody, the command said in a statement. He is No. 32 on Central Command's list of the 55 most-wanted members of Saddam's regime — and the two of hearts on the deck of cards issued to help U.S. soldiers identify regime figures. The statement did not give details of where or when he was taken into...

Ex-Baath Official Taken Into Custody .c The Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) - U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq have taken a former official of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party into custody, U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday. Ghazi Hammud, Baath regional chairman in the Kut district, is in custody, the command said in a statement. He is No. 32 on Central Command's list of the 55 most-wanted members of Saddam's regime - and the two of hearts on the deck of cards issued to help U.S. soldiers identify regime figures. The statement did not give details of where or when he was...