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Old 07-03-2003, 03:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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U.S. Offers $25 Million Reward for Saddam

Thu July 3, 2003 02:15 PM ET

By Daniel Trotta
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States placed a $25 million bounty on the head of Saddam Hussein on Thursday as rocket-propelled grenades fired by suspected Saddam loyalists wounded more American soldiers.

Paul Bremer, U.S. administrator for Iraq, also offered $15 million for information leading to the capture of his two sons Uday and Qusay, calling all three "among the most evil men the world has known."

Bremer's appeal for information leading to Saddam's capture or confirmation of his death, televised to the Iraqi people, suggested Washington does not know whether he is alive.

Three months after a U.S.-led war toppled the man who ruled Iraq with an iron fist for a quarter of a century, there was still no sign of him or his sons.

The United States once called Saddam irrelevant after the war. But the language has changed since the rise in attacks on U.S. troops blamed on his supporters.

"They (Saddam and sons) may or may not be alive. But I recognize that, until we know for sure, their names will continue to cast a shadow of fear over this country," Bremer said, inviting people to come forward with information.

Bremer previously cited the possibility Saddam was still alive. U.S. military officials blame his supporters for an average of 13 attacks per day on the occupying forces in Iraq.

Hostile fire has killed 25 American soldiers since major combat was declared over on May 1, military sources said on Thursday.

Resistance fighters armed with grenade launchers wounded 10 U.S. soldiers in ambushes on Thursday. Two Iraqis were killed and 12 wounded as a result of the increasingly bold attacks on U.S. forces.

BIN LADEN AT LARGE

The United States also has a $25 million bounty on the head of Osama bin Laden, the exiled Saudi militant accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.

When reminded during a news conference that bin Laden was still at large, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition governing Iraq cited the example of former Panamanian leader General Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was captured during the 1989 U.S. invasion of that Central American country.

"That's absolutely true (bin Laden still at large). Equally within 48 hours of a reward being announced for General Noriega he was captured. So I think it goes both ways," the spokesman said.

Many Iraqis claim they spotted Saddam as Baghdad fell on April 9. They call him the master of disguise who hides in simple huts or dines in restaurants when the pressure is on.

Some believe Saddam may be hiding in his home town of Tikrit, his former power base.

MUSEUM OPENS

Amid the violence, there was some hope. Iraq briefly reopened its National Museum, displaying the Treasure of Nimrud and other antiquities that survived looting when Baghdad fell on April 9. Also on display was the shattered Vase of Warka, one of the looted items returned to the museum last month.

In the anti-American town of Falluja, about 30 miles west of Baghdad, the senior military intelligence official, Major Joffery Watson, said he could not confirm a U.S. claim that a bomb-making class caused a deadly explosion in a mosque.

Residents said the blast on Monday night killed nine people and they insist it was caused by a U.S. air strike. The U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday people learning how to make bombs triggered the explosion.

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Maybe we could have considered putting the bounty on his head _before_ we went barrelling in there?
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Old 07-03-2003, 03:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 07-03-2003, 03:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm not calling those guys benevolant dictators or anything but... "among the most evil men the world has known."

C'mon, were talking about all of history here. I bet they don't even make the top 100. They probably don't even make the top 50 for the last century. Let's get a sense of perspective.
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Old 07-03-2003, 04:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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cool.
i´ve always been taken by the idea of bounty hunters.
maybe the Bush admin saw the success of that bounty hunter who caught that Max Factor heir who was on the lam.
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Old 07-03-2003, 05:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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a guy I work with is a former special forces sniper. He is the kind of guy who could get this done. I think the only reason he hasnt gone after the Saddam or Osama is that he doesnt speak any middle eastern languages. He spent most of his time in Central America. Of course, if we should ever get word that either of these two assholes is IN Central or South America, I expect my buddy will be on the next flight out, with or without US govt approval.
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Old 07-04-2003, 07:02 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Um, we have a little bit better than former delta force snipers in our army. We have the real, not retired version. They aren't 'getting it done' because they don't know where he is, or if he is alive.
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Old 07-04-2003, 07:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
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sigh. colin powell put his foot in his mouth seeing as bush had declared that saddam was no longer a threat to world peace or somesuch. was all over the news. poor colin, great man, lead by an imbecile.
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