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<p>May 17, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - A top Ba'ath Party enforcer from Saddam Hussein's home region was arrested by U.S. forces this week - the latest member of the 55 most wanted officials to be caught.</p> <p>The U.S. Central Command said Adil Abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti was nabbed Thursday during a raid by the 4th Infantry Division on the village of Ad Dawr, near Saddam's hometown Tikrit.</p>

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American forces seized another member of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s toppled Iraqi government in a raid southeast of Tikrit, the U.S. military said on Friday. The U.S. Central Command said in a release from Baghdad that Adil Abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti was taken into custody on Thursday in the operation in Ad Dawr, near Saddam's hometown of Tikrit. Defense officials at the Pentagon (news - web sites) said a few generals from Saddam's military were also caught. Mahdi is on the U.S. list of the top 55 wanted members of Saddam's government. He is designated...

<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>