US forces arrested two more senior members of Saddam Hussein's regime, it was announced Wednesday. According to the US Central Command (Centcom), Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi, a one-time information minister and deputy secretary of the Baath Military Bureau was detained. He was number 18 on "Top 55" list of wanted Iraqis.
The other Iraqi taken into custody, number 53, was identified as Brigadier General Husayn al-Awadi, described as the former Baath Party chair in the Ninawa region and a brigadier general in the Chemical Corps.
Meanwhile, some 4,000 people marched in the southern city of Basra Wednesday demanding that British occupation authorities open an inquiry into last week's assassination of a prominent tribal chief.
According to AFP, Sheikh Ali Najm al-Saadun, who led the influential Al-Saddun tribe said to have close ties with the Baath, was shot dead in the center of Basra on June 4 by four hooded assailants who fled after the attack. (Albawaba.com)
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