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<p>NEAR TIKRIT, Iraq  — More than 260 prisoners were taken into custody Thursday in a pre-dawn U.S. Army raid near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit (search), including one man on the United States' "most-wanted" list of former Iraqi officials.</p> <p>During the 5-hour sweep dubbed "Operation Planet X," officers said U.S. troops faced no resistance from Iraqis.</p>

THE PACK OF CARDS the US issued to its troops last week are being auctioned on Ebay with bids reaching the stupidly high level of £230 so far. Why is it stupid, you ask, seeing as these are once in a lifetime items that everyone must surely want to own, and a snip at the current asking price of £230? The reason is that you can buy a pack of Iraqi "most wanted" cards on greatusaflags.com for a mere $5.95. Truly, as the man said, "there's one born every minute".