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SLUG: 2-302311 Iraq/Saddam/Brother (S)
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DATE=4/17/2003 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAQ/SADDAM/BROTHER (S-ONLY) NUMBER=2-302311 BYLINE=LARRY JAMES DATELINE=AS SALIYAH, QATAR CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The U-S military says it has captured Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti, the half-brother of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. V-O-A's Larry James reports from Central Command headquarters in Qatar on the capture. TEXT: Central Command spokesman General Vincent Brooks says special forces backed by U-S Marines captured Barzan al-Tikriti in Baghdad, in an operation carried out in the early morning hours Thursday. /// BROOKS ACT /// The capture demonstrates our commitment to relentlessly pursuing the scattered members of a fractured regime. Efforts related to other regime leaders are ongoing. /// END ACT /// General Brooks described him as a senior adviser to Saddam Hussein, with extensive knowledge of the Iraqi regime. He had been listed as Number 38 on the coalition's list of 55 most wanted fugitives. NEB/LDJ/ALW/TW/RAE |
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