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A special Iraqi police unit arrested a senior Baath Party leader on the U.S. military's most-wanted list during a raid Sunday on his home in a Baghdad suburb. The capture of Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razaq leaves only 10 top figures still at large from the list of 55 issued after the Saddam Hussein regime fell. Abdul Razaq was No. 41, and the four of spades in the military's "deck of cards" of top fugitives. Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Kadhum Ibrahim touted the arrest as evidence that the still-rebuilding Iraqi police force "can be depended upon in the fight against terrorism"...

Iraqi police captured another of the 55 most wanted members of Iraq's former regime today in Baghdad. The police force's emergency response unit arrested Muhammad Zimam abd al- Razzaq al-Sadun, No. 41 on the Iraqi "Top 55" most wanted list, at about 2 p.m. local time (6 a.m. EST) in a home in Baghdad's Saydea district. He was hiding in an upstairs room, a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release reported. The arrest followed an Iraqi police investigation and a series of coordinated raids. A former Baath Party regional chairman, al-Sadun was turned over to coalition officials and is...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A special Iraqi police unit arrested a senior Baath Party leader on the U.S. military's most-wanted list during a raid Sunday on his home in a Baghdad suburb. The capture of Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razaq leaves only 10 top figures still at large from the list of 55 issued after the Saddam Hussein regime fell. Abdul Razaq was No. 41, and the four of spades in the military's "deck of cards" of top fugitives. Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Kadhum Ibrahim touted the arrest as evidence that the still-rebuilding Iraqi police force "can be depended upon in...

Feb 15, 2004 Iraqis Arrest Baathist Leader From List of Most Wanted Saddam Followers By Lee Keath/ Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A special Iraqi police unit arrested a senior Baath Party leader on the U.S. military's most-wanted list during a raid Sunday on his home in a Baghdad suburb. The capture of Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razaq leaves only 10 top figures still at large from the list of 55 issued after the Saddam Hussein regime fell. Abdul Razaq was No. 41, and the four of spades in the military's "deck of cards" of top fugitives. Deputy Interior...

Baghdad - An ex-Ba'ath party official on the US-led coalition's wanted list was arrested on Sunday during the first such operation conducted solely by Iraqi police, an official said here. Tension on the ground remained high one day after insurgents launched deadly twin raids on Iraqi security bases in the flashpoint town of Fallujah, and two Iraqis were killed on Sunday in a failed attack on a US convoy in Baghdad. Mohammad Zimam Abd Razzaq al-Saadun was arrested by Iraqi special police forces at 14:00 (11:00 GMT) on Sunday at his Baghdad house, said Ahmed Kazem Ibrahim, the deputy interior...

Jazeera TV Says Top Iraqi Baath Party Member Caught Feb. 15 — DUBAI (Reuters) - Arabic television station Al Jazeera said Sunday a senior Baath Party member on the U.S. list of most wanted Iraqis had been captured. The report from Iraq identified him as Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun, who was Baath Party chairman and commander of the Baath Party militia in Baghdad and was number 41 on a list of 55 most wanted Iraqis. It gave no further details. His capture, if confirmed, would bring to 44 the number caught by U.S. forces since the United States authorities...