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SLUG: 2-302339 Iraq Capture (S)
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DATE=04/18/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAQ/CAPTURE (S-Only) NUMBER=2-302339 BYLINE=JIM MALONE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: ///EDITORS: Can be used as alternate to Larry James' Iraq/Briefing short /// INTRO: U-S military officials say they have captured another former member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle in Iraq. Correspondent Jim Malone has details. TEXT: U-S Brigadier General Vincent Brooks told reporters at Central Command headquarters in Qatar that former high-ranking Baath Party official Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim was handed over to coalition forces by Iraqi Kurds near Mosul: /// BROOKS ACT /// He was a Baath Party official, a regional command chairman for the Baghdad district and is believed to have first-hand knowledge of the Baath Party central structure. /// END ACT /// It is the second day in a row that coalition troops have captured one of the 55 most wanted officials from the Saddam regime. General Brooks also confirmed that coalition forces are working with local Iraqis near the northern town of Kirkuk to assess what appears to be a mass grave. He says it will take some time to determine who is buried there and who was responsible. (Signed) NEB/JBM/MEM/TW
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